Computer recycling

We pay for complete computers.

Laptops, desktops and servers, working or not, as long as the RAM and processor are still inside and it’s been kept dry. We weigh them at the counter and pay by the pound.

  • Working or not
  • Cash or check
  • No appointment needed
Three refurbished laptops set up and running at E-Tech Recyclers

Laptops off our refurbishment bench, back in working order.

Complete computers
We pay $0.22 / lbLaptops, desktops & servers
What counts
RAM & CPU insideKept dry · the hard drive can be missing
Drop-off
No appointment neededMon–Fri 9–4 · Sat 10–2
Hard drives
$10 / driveShredded here · $15 with certificate

What qualifies

Two things decide whether we pay for it.

It has to be complete — RAM and processor still in it — and it has to have been kept dry. Machines that clear both go on the scale. Everything else we still take, free.

Complete computers

We pay $0.22 / lb
We pay you

Working or broken makes no difference — we don’t test them at the counter. The hard drive can be missing; everything else has to still be in there.

  • Desktops, towers and gaming rigs
  • Laptops and notebooks
  • Servers, workstations and micro PCs
  • Fair shape — no water damage, missing panels or heavy corrosion

Incomplete or rough shape

Free drop-off

Missing the CPU, RAM or motherboard? We take it at no charge — it just doesn’t earn the payout. Same for machines that have been through rain, rust or mold.

  • Stripped towers and parts machines
  • Water damage, rust or mold
  • No charge, no payout

All-in-ones & iMacs

No payout

The built-in screen makes them monitors on our scale, so they don’t earn the payout — but we take them at no charge. Newer, high-value models can be worth a quote; ask before you load one.

  • All-in-one PCs of any brand
  • iMacs, all generations
  • Free to drop off for recycling

One more thing for school and work laptops: they need to be signed out of device management — Intune, Jamf or whatever your IT department used — before they can earn the payout. And the free drop-off is for computers — keyboards, cables and other peripherals recycle at $0.35 / lb.

A row of laptops with cracked and missing screens waiting to be processed

Cracked screens and dead batteries — still complete, still paid by the pound.

Not sure which column yours is in? Bring it anyway. The counter sorts this out in about a minute, and no computer gets turned away — a machine that misses the payout still drops off free.

Full rate list →

Your data

You don’t have to wipe anything.

Bring the whole machine. We pull the drives and shred them in our building — the serial number is logged before a drive goes in, and a Certificate of Destruction is issued afterwards if you need one. Rather hold on to your drives? Pull them before you come; the computer still counts as complete without them.

Drive shredding

$10per drive

With certificate

$15per drive

How data destruction works →

Offices & schools

Clearing more than a couple of desks?

The published rate is the walk-in price. For a clear-out we quote the lot instead: newer machines can come back through refurbishment and revenue sharing, we schedule pickups across Colorado, and businesses, schools and churches can send the keyboards, cables and other scrap along free.

Towers, laptops and mini PCs from a business clear-out staged on the sorting bench at E-Tech Recyclers

A clear-out on the sorting bench — laptops counted and staged, drives pulled behind it.

Before you come

Three things worth knowing.

How you’re paid

By cash or check, depending on the amount and any agreement in place. Bring a government-issued photo ID — it’s required for every payout.

Pickup for big loads

Residential pickup is $75 in town and $90 a little further out, and we schedule across Colorado. A load that’s mostly complete computers may ride free.

Drop-off is the easy way

Back up the ramp and we’ll unload it. No appointment, any quantity, during business hours.