A dense residential city with a small-business backbone

Daly City packs more households per square mile than almost anywhere else on the Peninsula, and its commercial strips along Mission Street and Serramonte are dominated by independent shops rather than corporate offices. That shapes what our customers here need recycled: point-of-sale equipment from a strip-mall business closing out old gear, and TVs and laptops left behind when apartment units turn over. The volumes and timelines look very different from the office towers a few exits up the freeway.

Daly City businesses we recycle for
  • Independent retail and service shops: point-of-sale terminals, phones, and small networking gear retired as neighborhood storefronts upgrade their equipment.
  • Multi-family building managers: coordinating bulk pickup for electronics abandoned or left behind by outgoing tenants across multiple units in Daly City's dense apartment and condo stock.
What e-waste items qualify for pickup from Daly City?

TVs, laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, phones, small networking gear, and all battery chemistries, collected with the same certified handling as a corporate account regardless of volume or building size.

Copiers, phone systems, modems and routers, UPS backups, audio and video gear and battery-embedded devices also qualify. For a building manager, that means the full range of what tenants leave behind, apart from ordinary furniture and trash.

Is there a Daly City recycling center for electronics?

Our recycling center is our facility in Sacramento, at 3921 Pell Circle. We don't run a drop-off site in Daly City; we come to Daly City businesses and building managers by appointment. Residents looking for Daly City recycling options for household electronics can use our sister company, Secure Recycle, at the same Sacramento address, though for most people on the Peninsula a local collection site from CalRecycle's list will be closer. We don't provide residential services ourselves.

How is e-waste recycled for Daly City businesses?

Six steps, sized down for a storefront or up for a building: containers, training, pickup by our own crew, tracking under a ticket, reuse-first processing, and certificates and reports.

Every Daly City pickup, no matter how small, follows our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, so a single storefront pickup gets the same documented, responsible handling as a full building clear-out.

Can old TVs and laptops left by tenants go in the trash?

No. TVs, laptops and other electronics are universal waste in California and can't go in a building's trash or recycling bins. Set them aside for a pickup; computer recycling for a Daly City building goes on the same visit. Laptops and computers are treated as data-bearing, so their drives are wiped or destroyed before any reuse, even if a tenant says they were cleared.

Getting Started in Daly City

Request a quote for a storefront or building pickup, and we'll scale the visit and the truck to the load, from a few boxes to a multi-unit clear-out. Households can use Secure Recycle. We also serve neighboring San Bruno, San Francisco, and Pacifica.

Get a Quote for Daly City E-Waste Pickup

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    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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      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!

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      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.

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