About Yellowsack
We replaced the dumpster with a bag. And a crane.
Yellowsack started in San Francisco in 2018 with a simple observation: most jobs don't need a ten-yard steel container on a rental clock. They need something that arrives folded flat, sits wherever there's room, takes 3,000 lbs, and disappears when you're done — sorted, so more of it comes back as something. Seven years and 90 million pounds later, that's still the whole idea.
- 2018
- 35,000+
- 90M lbs
- 1,500+
How it works, and why
The bag
A Medium or a Large, both rated for 3,000 lbs, both $24.90, delivered folded flat. It takes a parking space's worth of driveway, not sixty feet of clear road, and it doesn't need a permit or a rental clock.
The bag →The crane
Our trucks are fitted with cranes, which is what makes the placement rules so relaxed: anywhere on your property within 20 ft of the road, and nobody has to be home.
How it works →The sorting
Every bag goes to a certified recovery facility, and every customer sees their own recycling rate in their account. Separate your materials and both the rate and the price get better. That's not a slogan; it's how the rate card is built.
Where your waste goes →
The people
Rune
Founder and CEO
Started Yellowsack in San Francisco in 2018 with the idea the rest of this page describes — and still runs it.
Troy
Chief Operating Officer
Runs the trucks, the routes, and the pickups.
Bjørnar
CTO
Builds the app, the site, and the systems behind the reports.
And the drivers, the crane operators, the people answering 833-3YELLOW.
Three things we'll always do
Publish every price.
Bag, pickup rate by material, transport fee — all on /pricing, tax included, before you order. No quotes, no "starting at."
Sort what you send us — and show you the result.
Certified facilities, verified rates, and your own recycling report in your account. 81% so far; higher when it arrives separated.
Come when we said we would.
You pick the date, next-day is usually available, and we text you a photo at delivery and live tracking on pickup day.
Where we are
San Francisco Bay Area
303 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065Greater Los Angeles & Orange County
10250 Constellation Blvd., Century City, CA 90067
Mon–Fri 8 AM–4:30 PM · Sat 10 AM–2:30 PM · 833-3YELLOW · Support
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