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Albuquerque Recycling will recycle your unwanted and obsolete electronics and ensure that it is disposed of in an environmentally safe manner using best practices by e-waste industry standards and the EPA.

The following items are the more commonly accepted items for recycling:

• Computers, servers and laptops
• Computer peripherals such as keyboards, cords and wires and computer mice
• Printers
• Flat screen computer monitors
• CRT computer monitors
• Ink cartridges and toner cartridges
• Copiers and Fax Machines
• Scanners
• Telephones and Cell Phones
• Palm Pilots and Hand-held Electronic Devices
• UPS Computer Backup Batteries
• Lead Acid Batteries, sealed and unsealed including vehicle batteries for which we compensate
• Motors
• Stereos and speakers
• Microwave ovens
• Televisions
• TV satellite equipment
• Cameras
• Computer game assemblies
• CD players
• DVD players
• CDs and DVDs
  
• Pots, pans and metal, including aluminum
• Specialized electronic equipment
• Christmas lights
  

Disposal Fees:  Most electronics are accepted for recycling at no cost.  However, there are disposal fees for CRT monitors (old-style computer monitors) and some televisions.  CRT computer monitor disposal is $5 per monitor, unless it is accompanied by an intact computer tower in which case there is no charge.  Flat screen monitors are accepted free of charge. 

Television disposal fees for all televisions other than Flat Panel Televisions are as follows:  30" or less are $15.00, plus tax for a total of $16.05.  TVs over 30" are $20.00, plus tax for a total of $21.40.   Newer Flat Panel Televisions are accepted free of charge.   

Collection Fees:   Qualified collection pickups are free.  Otherwise, fees depend on quantity of material for collection pickup, location and other factors.  For an exact quote, please call the office at (505) 990-3732.

Drop-off:  Please stop by anytime during our normal business hours to drop off electronics.  Come into the office and we will send staff out to your vehicle to remove the items to the warehouse.

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We do not accept the following items:

• coffee makers
• Bread machines
• Lightbulbs
• Alkaline batteries
• Appliances
• Cardboard and paper
  

Hard Drive Data Destruction

Protecting your confidential information is very important to Albuquerque Recycling.  Rest assured that every hard drive is removed from each computer, laptop and copy machine that is accepted for recycling. 

All electronic data on functional storage devices is overwritten by means of a destructive write process using a program called Secure Erase.  Secure Erase has been approved by the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and Computer Security Center, the latest technology available for destroying information and is equivalent to "electronic shredding". 

If the hard drive is non-functional and will not accept the overwrite process, the hard drive is physically destroyed utilizing a 5-ton press that punctures the hard drive shattering and destroying the plates within as illustrated in the photo above. 

Our company follows all guidelines for HIPPA security and media santization and a customized Certificate of Disposal is available to medical establishments. 

Financial institutions receive a specialized COD for destruction of all information on hard drives.

Standard  Certificate of Destruction forms are provided upon request.