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.

Find out more

Drop-off Recycling

Free Items

Free

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

Per Item Charges

see below

  • Printer, Scanner, Fax Machine Recycling, Paper Shredder - $5 per item
  • Laptop Computers, Notebook Computers, Tablets (covers battery & screen) - $2 per item
  • Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), battery backups - $2/item
  • Cell Phone (covers battery & screen) - $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

see below

  • CRT Monitors & TVs - $0.60/lb
  • Disposal of electronics shrouded in plastic, (still hazardous recyclable material inside) - $0.30/lb
    • Laser Toner Cartridges (without printer)
    • Telephones (VOIP, PBX, cordless)
    • Keyboards & Mice, Speakers, Laptop Docks
    • Switches, Routers, Modems  (plastic cases)
    • VCR, DVD (plastic cases)
    • Small home appliances
  • 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 5220.22-M (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