Free E-waste Drop Off Services for Foster City Residents

For Immediate Release: August 26, 2020
Contact: ‘Andra Lorenz, Acting Principal Management Analyst, alorenz@fostercity.org

The very popular electronic waste collection and document destruction event, coordinated jointly by the City of Foster City and RethinkWaste, and scheduled to take place in September, has been cancelled. 

Foster City residents are reminded that they can drop off electronic waste and other unwanted items at no cost year-round at the Shoreway Environmental Center’s Public Recycling Center (PRC), located at 333 Shoreway Road in San Carlos.  Acceptable items at the PRC include household and car batteries, cell phones, fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, cooking oil, computers, TVs, copiers, faxes, VCRs and other consumer electronics, latex and oil-based paint, scrap metal, small appliances, sharps/needles, used motor antifreeze, used motor oil and oil filters.

Some limits may apply to some items. The Shoreway PRC is open Monday – Saturday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Residents are encouraged to check the RethinkWaste website prior to bringing items for drop-off: www.rethinkwaste.org/prc

For more information, contact RethinkWaste at (650) 802-3500 or info@rethinkwaste.org, and for further information on other recycling options, visit www.smcsustainability.org/waste-reduction. 

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