GreenCitizen
FREE Data Destruction With a Certificate
When You Recycle
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Bring all your electronics to GreenCitizen, and we’ll make sure they get recycled responsibly and locally. We can take almost anything that plugs into the wall or runs on batteries at our Burlingame EcoCenter. By recycling reusable electronics items like computers, monitors, TVs, and smart phones, you are enabling us to open more Electronics Recycling EcoCenters. Please see the table below to find out what items can be accepted.
For electronics recycling for business, please go to the Business Pickup page.
The items below are FREE to recycle and can be dropped off at our Burlingame EcoCenter:
| Cables/Cords | Cell Phones | Desktops |
| Laptops | Monitors | Network Switches |
| Routers | Servers | Tablets |
| TVs (except DLP / Projector TVs) | UPS Batteries |
All other items cost $0.75/lb to recycle:
| CDs/DVDs | CD Players/Walkmen | Christmas Lights |
| DLP / Projector TVs | Fans | Fax Machines |
| Heaters | Ink/Toner | Keyboards |
| Microwaves | Printers | Remote controls |
| Scanners | Stereo Equipment/VCRs/ | DVD Players/Speakers |
| Toasters/Blenders/Coffee makers | Vacuum cleaners | Misc. electronics |
Fee Services:
| Hard Disk Destruction – $20.00 Each hard disk will be physically destroyed at GreenCitizen, then shredded in a certified hard disk destructor. When this process is complete you will be provided with a Certificate of Destruction for your records. |
| Cell Phone Destruction – $20.00 The logic-board memory, sim card, and any removable data storage are all destroyed. Phone numbers, names, and other information are completely deleted. |
| Styrofoam – $5 per 30 Gal Plastic Bag EPS Number 6 Styrofoam only Must be clean (i.e. no food contamination etc.) 30 gallon bags for measurement available. |
| Shredding Services CDs/DVDs: $50 per bankers box, minimum $50. |
| Tape-Based Media $1 each: VHS,DLT, LTO,Movie Film $0.50 each: Small Cassette, Floppy Disk, 35mm Slides, Film Negatives. |
Electronics Recycling – Items We CANNOT Accept
| Furniture: Chairs, Couches, etc. | Light Bulbs | Large appliances: stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers |
| Non-Rechargeable Electronic Batteries: Carbon Zinc, Zinc Air, Disposable Batteries | Single-use alkaline batteries | Items containing liquid mercury: Thermometers, Thermostats, etc. |
| Smoke Detectors: models that contain americium 241 | Hazardous Waste: Paint, Motor Oil, Sharps, Bio Hazardous Waste, etc. | Any Medical Electronics |
