E-Waste Drop-off & Accepted Items

Convenient Electronics Recycling

A Renew Employee must receive your items; dumping or just leaving items anytime is not allowed. We can help you unload heavy items please ask any member of our team.

We do not accept cardboard boxes or plastic bags. Please empty items in the many bins we have out front.

Please take personal measures to erase any sensitive data you may be worried about before recycling.

What We Accept for Free:

All Computers and Laptops
iMacs (We do not accept the original packaging/box)
Computer Monitors (CRT and LCD)
CRT old-style heavy TV's (No Broken CRTs when glass is broken), No Stands/Cabinets
Plasma/LCD/LED TVs and rear-projection TVs (We do Not accept the original boxing/packaging, No wall mounts)
Video equipment including VCRs, DVD players, and projectors
Audio equipment including stereo amplifiers and receivers, mixers, turntables
All Speakers and Subwoofers
Small kitchen appliances including toasters, toaster ovens, blenders, etc.
Small bathroom appliances, electric toothbrush, hair curler, shavers, etc
Small Vacuums, Dustbusters
Oscilloscopes
Room Fans
Ceiling Fans no blades, motor only
Room Heaters
Lamps (no bulb)
LED lightbulbs OK
Wire and cables
UPS backup power supply units
Cell phones, telephones, telephone equipment
Lithium batteries, rechargeable batteries
Any computer related device, component, peripheral, or accessory
Remote Controls
Smartphones and Tablets
Cameras/Camcorders, CCTV equipment, etc
Laptop batteries and cell phone batteries
CD's, DVD's, cassette tapes and any other tapes LIMIT 100/week
VHS tapes LIMIT 100/week
Christmas Lights
Household paper shredders (no paper)
Ink/Toner Cartridges ONLY if sealed/not leaking toner dust
Packing Material, shipping peanuts, bubble wrap

Please remember to remove any linked accounts on your devices like Apple ID, etc before recycling/donating.

What We Do Not Accept:

Alkaline batteries (AA, AAA, etc.)
Light bulbs (LED OK)
Styrofoam
Scrap Metal
Smoke detectors
Original boxing/packaging for flatscreen TVs
Paper or misc. trash
Large wooden speaker cabinets or other wooden structures
TV Stands/Cabinets
Furniture
Oil Heaters
Arcade Machines, Information Kiosks, or any man-sized piece of equipment
Scooters/e-Bikes/Electric Motorcycles/Mo-peds
Electric Car Charge Stations
Jukeboxes
Server Racks
TV Wall Mounts
All Mini-fridges/Refrigerators
Car/motorcycle batteries (take to any autoparts store)
Electric Typewriters
Wine Coolers
Solar Panels of any kind
Solar Inverters (Sunny Boy)
Large household appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, industrial AC units, etc.
Large containers or wooden boxes
Metal/scrap metal
Lawn Mowers, gas or electric
Satellite dishes
Smoke detectors
AC units, window units or large outside units
Toner Cartridges that have been punctured or leaking toner dust
Credit Card terminals, must be returned to bank/manufacturer

Items with Fees; We Only Charge to accept:

Printers(Copiers) and Fax machines - $5 ea
Microwaves - $5 ea
Air Purifiers - $5 ea
Vacuums household - $5 ea
Office Water Coolers - $10 ea
Standing AC Units - $10 ea
Commercial Copy Machines/Large Copiers/Office-Floor Copiers - $100 ea
Large Architect/Plotter Printers - $100ea

*Additional Fees may apply for unusual items or unusually heavy items.

Large Volume Drop-off: For companies and organizations or anyone with a very large load an appointment is required. A 'very large load' is one (1) pallet of ewaste or more dropped off at Renew per day. We charge a rate of $100/pallet and $100 for any additional pallet.

Dumping is not allowed at any time. Please let us know that you are dropping off items when you arrive; a Renew staff member must know and receive your items. Dumping is illegal and is not taken lightly by the state of CA; Dumping on our property before/during/after our hours of operation is not allowed.

Alkaline batteries and light bulbs are considered hazardous waste and are accepted across

the street at Jackson's Hardware, free of charge.

Data Security:

We offer a hard-drive/device destruction service for $10/drive/device ($25 for Apple iMacs and All-In-One PC's) which can be done quickly while you wait and witness. If you wish to have your data files saved to disk/external drive or transferred to a new machine please ask inside at our service department. For businesses in need of data destruction on a larger scale or if you need a Certificate of Destruction please call for a quote.

Renew Computers Inc. 446 DuBois Street, San Rafael, CA 415-457-8801