Santa Clara County covers the densest concentration of technology companies in the country. Santa Clara's semiconductor history left a cluster of data centers that lean on backup battery power. Mountain View's North Bayshore and Sunnyvale's campuses retire servers and UPS systems at scale, and Palo Alto adds Stanford research labs and corporate headquarters. San Jose, the county seat and largest city, mixes enterprise offices, county facilities and small businesses. At the south end, Gilroy and Morgan Hill are still agricultural and light-industrial, and they get standard route-based pickups like anywhere else.
We also serve Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Stanford and the Alum Rock area.
Any retired business electronics: servers and networking racks, UPS and backup battery systems, desktops, laptops, monitors and TVs, copiers and printers, phone systems, test and control equipment, all battery chemistries and hard drives. The services involved:
A full data center exit and a two-box pickup in Campbell use the same six steps: containers, training, pickup by our own crews, tracking with serial numbers when scoped, reuse-first processing at our Sacramento facility, and certificates and reports tied to your asset list. Pickups run under our ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certifications.
We don't provide residential services; pickups are for businesses and agencies. Residents can find a nearby site on CalRecycle's list, and our sister company, Secure Recycle, takes household electronics at our Sacramento address, 3921 Pell Circle. Electronics and batteries can't go in the trash under California's universal waste rules.
Yes. Multi-site clients often schedule Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and San Jose locations together, with separate tickets and reports for each site.
After data sanitization, working equipment is reviewed for resale. Recovery value depends on the inventory and is never assumed in advance.
Request a quote with your city and project scope, from a single server rack to a full data center exit.
No obligation. We respond same business day.
Prefer to talk? Call (916) 339-3676.
Data Center Decommissioning
Complete decommissioning of data centers and UPS systems, including equipment removal, data sanitization, and compliant recycling.
Business Electronics Recycling
Our electronic waste recycling services prioritize security and compliance, ensuring responsible disposal while also boosting your bottom line.
Hard Drive Destruction Service
Our data destruction services meet or exceed the most stringent industry standards, providing peace of mind and full compliance.
Bay Area & North Bay route
This was our first time working with MWS and they were amazing! Quick response time, efficient, and friendly. Ivan was the team member who was on site for the pickup, and he was great. He worked quickly, is very knowledgeable, and is so kind. It was so easy working with him. We are looking forward to using MWS for our E-waste and Universal waste needs in the future. - Sacramento City College Sustainability
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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.
We had another vendor cancel on us last minute & Modern Waste jumped into action & was able to help us with ewaste & critical document shredding overnight. Team was helpful, professional & got the job done quickly & efficiently. We were able to complete an office move out/shut down in a day with their help! Highly recommend this business!
Thank You Gretchen! We are happy to make a difference.
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.
I needed hard drives on some old laptops destroyed so any old personal information can't be stolen. The guys there were friendly and helpful and fast. Thanks Pavel and Vincent. Thanks Modern Waste for doing a helpful fast service to us.
We truly appreciate your generous review! 😊 It's fantastic to know our team was able to assist you with your hard drive destruction needs efficiently. We are so glad to hear you had a pleasing experience with us. Our door is always open for all your future recycling needs!
