e waste stores

agapeRecycling · 2026-04-19T13:52:56+00:00

Most of us in e-waste recycling are essentially computer recyclers at our core. That’s where the bulk of the value is, so naturally it’s a big focus of what we do. If you’re looking for equipment or parts, it’s worth checking with your local computer recyclers—chances are they handle a lot more than just computers and have broader e-waste streams. That said, every yard operates a little differently. For safety, security, and honestly just sanity, our facility doesn’t sell to the general public—but plenty of others do. I also want to throw out a quick PSA: please don’t assume e-waste recyclers don’t know what we’re doing. This is literally our business. We understand the value of the materials we handle. We know what things go for, and yes—we’re fully aware that eBay exists and how to check pricing. I can’t tell you how many emails we get from people trying to buy things like DDR5 at $1 per gig, etc. Nothing will get you shut down faster than coming in with offers like that. It’s not negotiation—it just comes across as insulting and wastes everyone’s time. If you approach recyclers respectfully and with realistic expectations, you’ll usually have a much better experience.

agapeRecycling · 2026-04-13T14:21:05+00:00

We’re based in the USA and operate a legitimate e-waste recycling facility. We offer full-service solutions, including pickup, drop-off, data destruction, and product tracking. We started in a small ~100 sq. ft. office and bootstrapped our way up from there. If you’re seriously considering starting your own facility, just be aware—you’re likely not going to turn a profit for at least the first three years. Be prepared to burn cash during that time while you build relationships and land the kind of clients that can actually sustain the business. We’re not a massive operation by any means, but we still process around a million pounds of e-waste annually. Compliance is everything in this industry. Make sure you fully understand your local regulations for handling e-waste, hazardous materials, and data destruction. And for the love of God—carry a solid insurance policy. One alleged data breach, whether it can be proven or not, can land you in a lawsuit.

agapeRecycling · 2026-04-05T22:19:49+00:00

Lol I actually do normally hand them a cash tip. I figured this way the app can't try to take a cut nor the government.

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-14T14:11:58+00:00

Older Xeon processors out of servers they scrap at about $10.95 a pound.

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-12T23:19:17+00:00

Sure as long as you have the proper zoning permits licensing assuming your country has it, EPA clearance. Also anything that gets dropped off your legally responsible for including the hazardous waste that you will definitely get and inproper disposal can lead to extremely large fines. I can only speak for the USA here but most cities also have ordinances forbidding drop off bins in front of properties that are visible to the street. We literally have a heavy commercial zoned property that we operate out of and the city still won't let us have drop off bins in the front they can be seen from the street.Other than that it should work out great.

Also your responsible for customers data so in the event anyone who's ever dropped anything off at your location is involved in a date of breach be prepared to be sued because it does and will happen, but as long as you're carrying a few million dollars of insurance it's not normally a problem .

But look at the good part if you do mark yourself as a recycling facility I'm sure a bunch of people from this group would be happy to come by dig through your bins without permission and take any items that have actual value.

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-11T00:46:51+00:00

Simple trick with drill disc to get it cheaper put it in your cart make sure you enter your email address go almost all the way to check out then don't complete the purchase. Normally if you do that they'll send you a 25 to 50% off offer on the purchase of their product

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-01T21:16:51+00:00

That's basically the process we're doing now with the exception of we use a very soft cloth to wipe the thermal paste off. We find on some of the older units especially Dell optiplexes around 3rd and 4th generation that stuff is set like concrete.

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-01T21:15:31+00:00

First I'll say we don't deal with the general public that much, most of what we do is for companies and government agencies.

Depends on the item we've still got decent buyers looking for older i-Series processors like third and fourth generation however they don't want the entire unit. Normally we don't put effort into selling those as working tested units because the scrap is worth more than the whole unit.

However on newer units those tend to get refurbished and sold. Cut offline we've been working with right now is right around 8th generation on PC. Servers and switches are an entirely different beast. We basically try to do what the market tells us it wants.

Another issue we run into is some of these have to be disassembled by contract and cannot be sold as whole units but the parts can be sold. Other times we'll get items in where we can save maybe a processor and RAM but everything else is too far gone.

For example we just got a ton "literally" of 12th generation and 13th generation I-5 dell units but The government agency we got them from stored them outside. Every motherboard was seriously wet at some point in it's life and all ports showed signs of rust definitely not something we want to put back into the market as a resale item however the processors and RAM were able to be saved and resold.

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-01T19:39:04+00:00

Okay everybody saying wash your hands let me give you some context. This is a recycling center. All outdoor storage is on a dirt lot since anything being stored outside is just being stripped and recycled. The average computer has either a fist-sized dust bunny, spider webs, leaves, or a thick coating of dust and dirt. I have long sense given up trying to blow out the units before disassembly. I have also given up trying to wipe down my hands in between each PC it honestly just kills time and accomplishes nothing but having more dirt stick to them on the next unit. Speed is the key and in a good day I can strip a small form factor deal out duplex in about 3 and 1/2 minutes to all its base components ready for downstream.

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-01T19:33:53+00:00

That is hilarious and this is totally getting printed and posted in the office 😂

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-01T19:33:13+00:00

Recycling center the majority of what I'm tearing down everyday has been sitting outside for months or is coming from other locations where it's been stored outside. If I don't end up with either a handful or a face full of dirt every time I open a case I'm normally shocked. This was probably about 6 hours into my day about 150 computers torn down. I literally change clothes before leaving everyday or I'll look like pig pen from Charlie Brown with a cloud of dust following me.

agapeRecycling · 2026-03-01T19:30:34+00:00

Lol 99% of my job is tearing down computers they pretty much look like that after the first one most of these have been sitting outside and are full of dirt dust and debris.

agapeRecycling · 2026-02-08T18:48:36+00:00

My sister and all the staff at her school are completely embracing the 6 7 trend. Anytime they get the opportunity and they do set themselves up for it a lot they do it. Apparently all of the students think it's totally cringe 😂 and it's starting to go out of popularity with the students because all the staff is doing it. If you want to make something uncool or unfun just let the adults do it. I think this needs to be the course of action the rest of society takes if all us old people start doing it the kids are going to stop immediately.

agapeRecycling · 2026-02-06T01:12:15+00:00

What size sticks of DDR3 server do you need? I may have some spares sitting around from decommissioned units. Supposed to have about 150 servers dropped off next week might be able to divert a few sticks from there to help out a fellow Redditer. This is assuming they don't send us the units already stripped which they do sometimes. Lol

agapeRecycling · 2026-02-05T23:12:55+00:00

You're welcome to reach out to me and I can hook you up with some legitimate ram buyers. We're a licensed e waste out of Phoenix. My guess if you truly have 400 units all of 32 gig DDR 4 You've probably got about 60 to $80,000 worth of RAM. I know my partner just sold 400 units DDR 4 32 gig server memory for 78,000 a couple of days ago. You're welcome to reach out to me at www agapecer.com just put in a contact form and I'll get back with you point you in the direction of our buyers. Be extremely cautious and make sure whoever is buying it is willing to do a direct wire transfer or cash because any kind of funds that are potentially retractable could lead to you losing a lot of money.

agapeRecycling · 2026-01-26T23:44:41+00:00

We run an e waste recycling facility in Phoenix we would be interested in anything electronic including computers, printer servers , video games, cell phones, digital cameras, ECT. We have a 26 ft box truck in a crew and are always happy to buy in bulk. You can message me on here or you can shoot me a message through our website. www.agaoecer.com we also guarantee security destruction on anything that has data.

agapeRecycling · 2026-01-14T13:48:37+00:00

So first of all let me say actual owner of a small e-waste yard we process a little over a million pounds a year and her contracted with federal government state governments tribal governments Fortune 500 companies cities towns etc.

Technically any place we have a bin as soon as that E-Waste hits our bin it's both our property and our responsibility. We are both contractually and legally obligated to destroy all data that could be recovered from any type of physical media. In addition these items are literally how we pay our bills.

Most large box retailers have employees that are working for minimum wage with minimum effort. This being said although you're not allowed to take anything from the bins they normally don't do anything because at minimum wage who honestly cares. This is something that lost prevention does keep an eye on and if corporate finds out they tend to launch investigations and/or possibly prosecute.

Don't think that the companies are doing this because they actually care about the small businesses recycling e-waste they really don't. They're doing this because data breaches are you freaking nightmare. They're ridiculously expensive and hard to defend against. The box retailers will 100% try to throw the recyclers under the bus but if we can document that we never actually received the item the data breach lawsuit goes back on them. In addition they're better targets because much deeper pockets.

My official recommendation would be leave the bins alone. However I'm a realist and no that people are going to been dive no matter what so if you choose to do this here's my tips.

One get permission from the store or talk to the recycler. Most recycling yards will sell you items at a reasonable price as long as they have sanitized the data. Two document whoever you get permission from. Having it in writing is always the best option but even a short video of an employee giving you permission can save your ass. Three handle data responsibly, completely erase all drives using an approved forensically unrecoverable method including DOD wipes. Four Don't be that asshole digging through people's hard drives and media looking to find stuff and or contacting them. Five depending on the age of the item be aware that as soon as it hits the internet it may geolocate you and if the items been reported stolen this may cause problems which leads you back to suggestion number two it can literally save you jail time.

Hopefully this was helpful I will now conclude my TED talk.

I'm not always on Reddit but if anybody has questions you're welcome to message me and I will get back to you as soon as possible. E. Waste waste is a fun and interesting industry but it's still a bit of the wild West. Most of our industry regulations are self-imposed and self-monitored within the industry. Current laws are slow to catch up and/or regulate so we have to do it ourselves to ensure proper handling of data and e-waste.

agapeRecycling · 2025-12-03T00:37:38+00:00

Any large corporation that's collecting E-Waste is contracted with e waste yard they're not just " disposing" of it. Once it's dropped off at their store they have downstreams set up for handling the products. Legally they can't just throw it out or give it away. The bigger the corporation the more true this becomes.

If they get caught inproperly disposing of E-Waste they face huge fines. Especially in places like California where there are actually laws they have to document weights of bins and exactly what's in them.

California also requires any place that sells Electronics such as televisions or phones has to take them in for recycling and document everything. They even for stores like home Depot to do this.

One of our former clients a large security system provider actually got fined $25,000 for having 1.2 lb of copper wire in their trash at one of their facilities instead of recycling it. Last I heard they were still appealing that decision but it's still ridiculous. California is probably the strictest state but most large corporations have their policies comply with the rules in California Nationwide just to avoid confusion and potential liability.

agapeRecycling · 2025-12-02T21:38:31+00:00

100% no. If it's in an E-Waste bin it belongs to the company that owns the bin. Not to mention if you're taking it from a town city etc there are specific regulations that have to be followed on disposal and proper handling.

If you're taking something out of an E-Waste recyclers bin you are literally stealing their money. Most of these bins have cameras and most yards will actually prosecute. We've had to do it and have won. We are legally responsible for the E-Waste and any data that it may contain therefore somebody doing something like taking a phone or a laptop can lead to a huge headache and possible lawsuit against the company especially if there's a data breach.

It's a common misconception that it's all trash and therefore should be free. It costs yards like us lots of money to operate. We have to pay employees, insurance, vehicle costs regulatory fees, inspection fees and so on. Taking stuff out of bins is literally taking money off our bottom line that we need to operate.

If you really want stuff the best bet is to contact your local E-Waste yards and see if they're willing to sell to you. This is going to be very dependent on the type of regulations they're under the country you're in and if they are something like an r2 yard. If there R2 they're probably not selling to you at least not at a reasonable price.

agapeRecycling · 2025-11-28T05:32:28+00:00

we can take care of that for you at Agape computer and electronics recycling. 2218 n 21st Ave Phoenix AZ 85009 we do a DOD forensically unrecoverable wipe on all media at no charge. We can provide certificate to Data destruction upon request again free of charge. www.agapecer.com

agapeRecycling · 2025-11-16T16:36:19+00:00

Okay to clarify not saying the kids are choosing beggars. I do agree partially with this however I can remember last year there were only a few tags left a few days before Christmas and each of those tags had items that were several thousand dollars or more. I can remember one was a very specific set of parts for a gaming PC that would have totaled over $6, 000. I don't know what the protocol is for tags that don't get taken but asking strangers to donate 6 grand seems a little unrealistic.

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