Why Does Electronic Recycling Cost Money?

7/15/19 - Countries in the Far East, including China and their neighbors, have started closing their borders to the importation of Recyclable Materials & Trash from the West; ports in Southeast Asia are turning away Container Ships full of trash and “recyclable plastic”, sending the ships back to their home countries.  Unfortunately for us, this means that more of the material may need to be sent directly to landfills in the United States or stored until the electronic recycling market for computers and related equipment opens up.

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Drop-off Recycling

Free Items

Free

  • Computers - desktops, towers, workstations, servers
  • Switches, routers, hubs (metal cases)
  • Cables, wires, adapters
  • Motherboards, add-in cards
  • Power supplies
  • Server racks, shelves, rails, etc
  • Stereos and related electronics (metal cases)
  • DVR, Cable Box, Dish, etc.

Per Item Charges

varies

  • Printer, Scanner, Fax Machine Recycling- $5 per item
  • Laptop Computers, Notebook Computers, Tablets (battery & screen) - $2 per item
  • Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), battery backups - $2/item
  • Cell Phone - $1/item
  • Recycling of Flat Screen displays (Monitors, LED, LCD, TV, Plasma)
    • Small - 19" and smaller - $5/item
    • Medium - 20"-24" - $10/item
    • Large - 25-32" - $20/item
    • X-Large - 33-49" - $35/item
    • XX-Large - 50" and larger - $45/item

Per Pound Charges

varies

  • CRT Monitors & TVs - $0.60/lb
  • Disposal of mostly-plastic, but still hazardous, equipment - $0.30/lb
    • Laser Toner Cartridges (without printer)
    • Telephones (VOIP, PBX, cordless)
    • Keyboards & Mice, Speakers, Laptop Docks
    • Switches, Routers, Modems, VCR, DVD (plastic cases)
  • Disposal of Alkaline Batteries (AA, AAA, 9V, etc) - $2.00/lb
  • Disposal of Rechargeable Batteries (Laptop, cell phone) - $2.00/lb

Data Destruction

Optional Recycling Services offered at our Denver Tech Center Location

DoD Wipe (erase & format)

$2

Includes serial number audit of all hard drives and SSD

Physical Destruction (shred)

$4

 Includes serial number audit of all hard drives and SSD 

Shredding

$1/lb

Recycling of Magnetic Media including data/audio/video Tapes