Electronics Recycling: Give Your Old Gadgets New Life

When your tablets, monitors, and televisions are no longer able to be reused,refurbished, or donated, DPW provides recycling options (eCycling) to City residents. Instead of throwing them in the trash, electronics can be taken apart and used to make new things. This helps save valuable materials and keeps harmful stuff out of the environment.

Get Drop-Off Locations for Electronics and More
A wooden pallet loaded with discarded electronic devices is placed on the ground at an electronics recycling event. The pile includes an old iMac computer, a black printer, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) unit, tangled cords, and miscellaneous electronic accessories. Nearby, open cardboard boxes contain additional electronic waste. In the background, more pallets with stacked electronic devices, including televisions and monitors, are visible, indicating a dedicated e-waste drop-off area. The setting

Why Electronics Recycling Matters

When electronics end up in landfills, they can leak dangerous chemicals like lead and mercury into the ground and water. Recycling them helps:

  • Protect our air, water, and soil.
  • Save energy by reusing materials like metals and plastics.
  • Reduce the need to dig up more resources from the Earth.
A man wearing sunglasses, a blue short-sleeve shirt, and shorts is walking toward a designated e-waste collection area, carrying old electronics, including a laptop and a lamp. Several cars are parked nearby, with other community members participating in the drop-off event. The area is filled with discarded televisions, monitors, printers, and other electronic devices, neatly placed on pallets or in bins for sorting. Orange traffic cones and a conveyor belt system are visible in the background, suggesting
Computers, Hardware, and Accessories
  • Central processing units 
  • Chips and cards 
  • Computer discs and DVDs/CDs/Blu-ray discs 
  • Computer monitors 
  • Computer mouse 
  • Copiers 
  • Cords and communication wire (e.g., copper wire, phone wire, coaxial cable, computer wire
  • and fiber optic cable) 
  • Diagnostic/sensing/control equipment 
  • Fax machines 
  • GPS 
  • Hard drives 
  • Keyboards 
  • Miscellaneous circuit boards 
  • Other computer or electronic related accessories 
  • Portable computers (e.g., laptops and tablets) 
  • Power supplies 
  • Printers (including printer ink/toner cartridges/ribbons) 
  • Projectors 
  • Servers 
  • Scanners 
  • USB thumb drives/flash drives 
Phones and Audio Devices 
  • Alarm clocks 
  • Answering machines 
  • Audio equipment 
  • Cassette players 
  • Headphones and wireless technology such as Bluetooth 
  • Landline or cell phones 
  • Music playing devices such as record players 
  • Radios 
  • Recorders or MP3 players 
  • Smart device with speakers (e.g., Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Echo Dot, etc., Smart
  • garage controllers 
  • Stereos 
Home Electronics and Appliances
  • Batteries- all single use and/or rechargeable (easily removable or embedded) in Acceptable
  • Material 
  • Cable/satellite boxes and devices 
  • Cables 
  • Calculators 
  • Cameras 
  • Clocks 
  • Digital or older manual model home thermostats 
  • Drones 
  • Electric lawnmowers 
  • Electric scooters/bikes 
  • Electronic smartwatches and activity/fitness trackers such as wristbands or chips electronic gift
  • cards/debit cards/credit cards 
  • Electronic power generators like solar panel electronic accessories and light fixtures 
  • Holiday string lights 
  • Home security systems 
  • Radar detectors 
  • Remotes 
  • Small electric hair styling tools (e.g., curlers, straighteners, blow dryers) 
  • Small handheld electric tools (e.g., drills) 
  • Small handheld vacuums or robotic vacuums (e.g., Roombas) 
  • Small residential electronic appliances (e.g., coffee makers, espresso machines, electric milk
  • frothers, electric mixers, electric blender (no glass blender containers), toasters, countertop toaster ovens and countertop microwaves) 
  • Smart light controllers 
  • Surveillance cameras 
  • Televisions (“TVs”) 
  • Typewriters 
  • VCR/DVR/DVD or Blu-ray players 
  • VHS/cassette tapes 
  • Video cameras 
  • Video game consoles and other electronic toys and games
Computers, Hardware, and Accessories
  • Central processing units 
  • Chips and cards 
  • Computer discs and DVDs/CDs/Blu-ray discs 
  • Computer monitors 
  • Computer mouse 
  • Copiers 
  • Cords and communication wire (e.g., copper wire, phone wire, coaxial cable, computer wire and fiber optic cable) 
  • Diagnostic/sensing/control equipment 
  • Fax machines 
  • GPS 
  • Hard drives 
  • Keyboards 
  • Miscellaneous circuit boards 
  • Other computer or electronic related accessories Portable computers (e.g., laptops and tablets) 
    Power supplies 
  • Printers (including printer ink/toner cartridges/ribbons) 
  • Projectors 
  • Servers 
  • Scanners 
  • USB thumb drives/flash drives