Monterey County has two very different equipment profiles. Salinas, which calls itself the Salad Bowl of the World, runs a large agricultural processing industry and is home to Natividad Medical Center's regional healthcare footprint. On the Peninsula, Seaside grew up around the former Fort Ord and now shares that footprint with CSU Monterey Bay, which gives it a residential and small-business character. Processing plants, a hospital, a university and small offices all retire electronics differently, and we plan pickups accordingly.
- Salinas: agricultural processors and healthcare providers, with hard drive destruction for patient records.
- Seaside: small businesses and CSUMB-area offices on the Monterey Peninsula.
Our Central Coast route also covers Monterey, Marina, Pacific Grove, Prunedale, Soledad and King City, and links to Watsonville and Santa Cruz to the north.
Any retired business electronics qualify: desktops, laptops, servers, monitors and TVs, copiers and printers, phone systems, networking equipment, packing-line and cold-storage control electronics, handheld scanners, UPS units, all battery chemistries and hard drives. Medical equipment qualifies too; describe it when you book. The services behind a pickup:
- Electronic waste recycling, with reuse reviewed before recycling.
- Secure data destruction for patient-record and business drives. Our hard drive destruction is built to meet HIPAA requirements.
- Battery recycling for loose, equipment and backup batteries.
Six steps, run by our own people from start to finish: containers sized for a packing plant or a small office, training for the staff who use them, a pickup by our crew, tracking under a ticket number, processing at our Sacramento facility, and certificates and reports. Pickups run under our ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certifications.
Pickups are for businesses, agencies, schools and medical facilities, so Monterey County households aren't part of our service. Residents should check CalRecycle's list for a Monterey County collection site, which will be far closer than Sacramento, where our sister company, Secure Recycle, takes consumer electronics at 3921 Pell Circle. Electronics and batteries can't go in the trash in California; they're universal waste.
Can processors schedule around the growing season?
Yes. Tell us when your slow months are and we'll plan the pickup, and a follow-up if needed, around them.
What paperwork comes back?
A certificate of recycling for general equipment, a certificate of destruction for destroyed drives, and a receiving and processing report, all stored in our client portal.
Request a quote with your city and equipment type. For medical equipment, flag it up front so we can plan the right handling.
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.
