Phoenix Electronics Recycling

Went here yesterday to drop of a few computer. There is a blue bin to the left of the parking lot where you can deposit your electronic goods in. Most items are free, but I think T.V.‘s. It’s an awesome service, but very challenging to find. If you are unfamiliar with the area you might catch yourself driving in circles. When I called to figure out how to find the place, the guy said they are right across the street from a billboard sign (currently a Jack in the Box ad).

Super friendly and cheerful, and amazingly, free. It’s on an industrial stretch of Washington, but everything is tidy. In other parts of the US (Minnesota in particular), electronics recycling is required by state law, but all of the outfits there charge per item by type or by pound for some types of stuff. The stuff is sorted and shipped to China to be melted down for metals (lead in picture tubes, gold in chips, etc) and the recycling outfit paid for the raw materials. This saves lots of water and raw energy compared to mining raw materials. Shipping to China is cheap as stuff rides back on container ships full of mostly empty containers. So, don’t be shy and do a good deed… take your old computers, monitors, and other electronic items on in and drop them off!