Lompoc's identity is tied to Vandenberg Space Force Base, and the aerospace and defense contractors that support it bring server rooms, UPS systems, and networking equipment that need to be decommissioned with the same discipline as a government facility, even when the equipment itself belongs to a private company. Lompoc also has a long agricultural history in flower-seed production, adding a smaller but real agricultural-office segment to the mix.
- Aerospace and defense contractors — server rooms, UPS systems, and networking equipment requiring documented, secure decommissioning.
- Government-adjacent offices — workstations and hard drives containing sensitive records.
- Agricultural and local businesses — routine desktop, laptop, and printer turnover for Lompoc Valley operations.
Desktops, laptops, servers, UPS and backup power systems, networking gear, monitors, printers, phones, all battery chemistries, and hard drives with certified, chain-of-custody destruction.
Copiers and printers, phone systems, TVs and monitors, modems, audio and video equipment and battery-embedded devices qualify as well. For a flower-seed or agricultural office, that might be one desktop and a printer; for a contractor, several racks and their battery strings.
We don't run one in Lompoc. Our recycling center is our facility in Sacramento, and we reach Lompoc businesses by scheduled pickup, which keeps defense-adjacent equipment under our own chain of custody the whole way. We don't provide residential services. Lompoc residents looking for a recycling center for household electronics should check CalRecycle's list of collection sites; our sister company, Secure Recycle, serves households from our Sacramento address, 3921 Pell Circle, which is a long drive from here.
For a server room or UPS decommission, our six steps run like this:
- We scope the job and provide containers for racks, drives and batteries.
- Our Field Service Managers brief your team on staging and access.
- Our own crew makes the pickup and transports it to Sacramento.
- Every load is tracked under a ticket number, with serial numbers when your scope requires them.
- Drives are sanitized or destroyed during processing, before any resale review or recycling.
- You receive certificates and reports tied to the pickup.
Lompoc pickups run under our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, with the documented security and destruction verification that defense-adjacent contractors require.
No. Discarded electronics and batteries are universal waste under California rules and can't go in a dumpster. For computer recycling in Lompoc, the drives are the bigger exposure; they go through secure data destruction before anything else.
Request a quote and let us know if your project involves a full data center or UPS decommissioning so we can schedule the right team. We also serve nearby Santa Maria and Santa Barbara.
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.


