Marin County's economy runs on professional services and small business rather than heavy industry. San Rafael, the county seat, holds courthouses, law and financial firms and a historic downtown; Novato to the north has a quieter small-business base that retires equipment in modest batches. In both places the equipment is usually ordinary office IT, and the drives inside it usually hold client or case files.
- San Rafael: government, legal and professional offices that need certified data destruction.
- Novato: small businesses with modest, manageable loads.
Our Marin route also covers Mill Valley, Larkspur, San Anselmo and the Tamalpais-Homestead Valley area. If you're elsewhere in the county, ask; we can usually group the stop with nearby work.
Desktops, laptops, servers, monitors and TVs, copiers and printers, phone systems, networking equipment, UPS backups, battery-embedded devices, all battery chemistries and hard drives all qualify for a business pickup. For most Marin clients, the services that matter are:
- Secure data destruction, with a certificate of destruction for the job.
- On-site hard drive shredding for firms that want to watch the drives destroyed before anything leaves the office.
- Electronic waste recycling for everything else, with reuse reviewed first.
We run six steps for every client. At your office: containers, a short training for whoever manages them, and a pickup by our own crew. At our Sacramento facility: tracking under a ticket number, processing with drives handled first, and certificates and reports kept in our client portal. Marin County pickups run under our ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certifications.
A certificate records a defined process or a completed job. It doesn't replace your own inventory records, so keep it on file with the pickup's chain of custody.
Our pickups are for businesses and public offices, and we don't offer residential service. Household electronics go to Secure Recycle, our sister company for consumers, at our Sacramento address, 3921 Pell Circle. Marin residents can also find a nearby collection site on CalRecycle's list. Old electronics and batteries can't go in the trash; they're universal waste under California rules.
We only have a few drives. Is that worth a pickup?
Often, yes. Minimums depend on the route and the material, and a stop on a scheduled route can usually take a smaller load than a special trip. Tell us the count and we'll confirm.
Can we get a drive-by-drive record?
Yes, at the top destruction tier: the certificate of destruction lists each drive's make, model, method and serial number.
Request a quote with your city and roughly what you're retiring. If you need on-site shredding, say so and we'll plan for it.
No obligation. We respond same business day.
Reviews
A little bit off the beaten track in Natomas, but Modern Waste quickly and efficiently helped me recycle my broken Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries at a reasonable $/lb fee (Sac county e-waste will not accept these items). Ramiro and Vincent were very friendly and helpful.
Chris was awesome! He came in and picked up all of the e-waste we had ready for him. He was polite and professional throughout the entire process. He handled the equipment with care, including the site equipment that was already in place. I am very happy with his service and appreciate the great job he did.
Aaron and Vincent were awesome, excellent customer service!
Great guys, excellent customer service, highly recommend!
Polite, quick and easy.
Chris from modern waste was the most outstanding respectful person I ever met my life when he was done he offered to sweep the floors. He offered so much even though he was limited on time he went out of his way and he’s over beyond best guy I ever met thank you so much for your service services Dan ITG.
