GreenCitizen has reopened for business recycling pickups now. Contactless drive-through recycling drop offs start on June 1, 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday through Friday.
COVID-19 Limited Contact Electronic Recycling Drop-Off Procedure. Masks are required to ensure the safety of you and our employees
Bring all your electronics to GreenCitizen’s Burlingame EcoCenter, we are located at:
Address: 1831 Bayshore Highway, Suite 2, Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone: (650) 493-8700
Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-6pm
We’ll make sure they get recycled responsibly and locally. We’re happy to accept almost anything that plugs into the wall or runs on batteries. By letting us recycle your reusable electronic items, like newer working computers (2014 or later for Apple, 2015 or later for certain non-Apple), plus monitors, TVs, and smartphones, you help us meet our operating costs — and will ultimately help us expand the GreenCitizen model of e-waste recycling and reuse to other metropolitan areas.
For business-friendly electronics recycling, please go to the Business Pickup page.
Exactly what items do we accept at the EcoCenter? Please see the tables below.
The items below are FREE to recycle and can be dropped off at our Burlingame EcoCenter:
TV
Computer/server/laptop
Monitors
Tablets
Network Switches
UPS Batteries
All other items cost $1.00/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
Cables/Cords
Tape-Based Media VHS,DLT, LTO,Movie Film Small Cassette, Floppy Disk, 35mm Slides, Film Negatives.
Our Fees:
Hard Disk Destruction $20.00 per Cell Phone, Laptop or Desktop $15 per solo drive $20 per hard drive in a server Each Cell phone, laptop, desktop, or server will be data destructed with a data destruction certificate from GreenCitizen.
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.
Electronics Recycling – We CANNOT accept these items:
Furniture: Chairs, Couches, etc.
Light Bulbs
Large appliances: stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers
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
We offer Electronics Recycling in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Since April 22, 2005
400,077Consumer Drop-off Customers Served 58,239Business Pickup Customers Served 28,587,261Pounds of Electronics Recycled 258,054Units Responsibly Reused
Awesome find and great customer service. Dropping off a large TV and 1980s electronics was incredibly easy and the person that helped me unload was very courteous and helpful. VHS players were charged by pound, TVs and miscellaneous cords were...
—Christine P. – Daily City, CA
I have completed two e-waste recycles with GreenCitizen now and I have nothing but praise for their whole operation. From the easy to use website with explanations of what can be recycled free of charge to the awesome rep who...
—Thor G. – San Francisco, CA
These guys are great! They come to the building I work in a handful of times a year to collect eCycled items from all the tenants. I’ve also contacted them separately for an additional pick up with a quick and...
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Electronics Recycling Drop Off
GreenCitizen has reopened for business recycling pickups now.
Contactless drive-through recycling drop offs start on June 1, 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday through Friday.
COVID-19 Limited Contact Electronic Recycling Drop-Off Procedure.
Masks are required to ensure the safety of you and our employees
FREE Data Destruction With a Certificate
When You Recycle
Bring all your electronics to GreenCitizen’s Burlingame EcoCenter, we are located at:
Address: 1831 Bayshore Highway, Suite 2, Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone: (650) 493-8700
Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-6pm
We’ll make sure they get recycled responsibly and locally. We’re happy to accept almost anything that plugs into the wall or runs on batteries. By letting us recycle your reusable electronic items, like newer working computers (2014 or later for Apple, 2015 or later for certain non-Apple), plus monitors, TVs, and smartphones, you help us meet our operating costs — and will ultimately help us expand the GreenCitizen model of e-waste recycling and reuse to other metropolitan areas.
For business-friendly electronics recycling, please go to the Business Pickup page.
Exactly what items do we accept at the EcoCenter? Please see the tables below.
The items below are FREE to recycle and can be dropped off at our Burlingame EcoCenter:
All other items cost $1.00/lb to recycle:
VHS,DLT, LTO,Movie Film
Small Cassette, Floppy Disk, 35mm Slides, Film Negatives.
Our Fees:
$20.00 per Cell Phone, Laptop or Desktop
$15 per solo drive
$20 per hard drive in a server
Each Cell phone, laptop, desktop, or server will be data destructed with a data destruction certificate from GreenCitizen.
The logic-board memory, sim card, and any removable data storage are all destroyed.
Phone numbers, names, and other information are completely deleted.
EPS Number 6 Styrofoam only
Must be clean (i.e. no food contamination etc.)
30 gallon bags for measurement available.
Electronics Recycling – We CANNOT accept these items:
stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers
Carbon Zinc, Zinc Air, Disposable Batteries
models that contain americium 241
Paint, Motor Oil, Sharps, Bio Hazardous Waste, etc.
We offer Electronics Recycling in the San Francisco Bay Area
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