Electronics Recycling in Hercules, CA

Hercules takes its name from the Hercules Powder Company, which manufactured explosives on this stretch of San Pablo Bay shoreline for decades before the plant closed. Much of that former industrial land has since been redeveloped into new waterfront neighborhoods, a marina, and small commercial centers, giving Hercules a newer, smaller-scale character than its more industrial neighbors — more new households and startup shops than heavy manufacturing. Being one of the county's smaller cities, Hercules doesn't have the recycling infrastructure of its bigger neighbors, so many small businesses here are looking for their first reliable local option.

• Small businesses in newer commercial centers: office computers, POS systems, and networking equipment retired as local shops grow.
• Marina and community facility operators: office and security electronics replaced during facility upgrades.

Desktops, laptops, monitors, TVs, printers, phones, all battery chemistries, and hard drives with certified destruction, sized for anything from a few boxes to a small business's full office clear-out. We also take routers, small appliances, and the marina and boating electronics that come with operating on the Hercules waterfront.

Copiers, phone systems, modems, UPS battery backups, audio and video gear and security cameras qualify too. Marine and boating batteries should be listed on the quote so they can be packed separately.

No. Discarded electronics and batteries are universal waste in California, and they can't go in a dumpster at a shopping center or a marina. A business new to the area can book its first pickup with us. Household electronics from Hercules go to Secure Recycle, our sister company for consumers, at our Sacramento address, 3921 Pell Circle, or to a nearer site on CalRecycle's list. We don't offer residential service ourselves.

For a shop that has never had a recycling vendor, the six steps are a simple routine. We drop off containers, explain what goes where during training, and come back with our own crew for the pickup. After that, the load is tracked under a ticket number, processed at our facility, and closed out with a certificate and report.

Hercules pickups run under our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, so this growing community gets the same documented, responsible handling as any larger city in the county. It's the same standard we hold ourselves to everywhere in Contra Costa, regardless of how small or new a city's business community is.

Computer recycling for Hercules offices runs through our Sacramento facility. Their drives are wiped or destroyed before the computer is reused or recycled, and a business can add secure data destruction if it needs a certificate of destruction on file.

Request a quote. We keep pickups simple for small businesses still getting established, and we're glad to be a first point of contact for any business new to the area that isn't sure what its recycling options are. We also serve nearby Richmond, El Cerrito, and Martinez.