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.
Martinez carries two identities at once: it's the Contra Costa County seat, home to courthouses and administrative buildings that cycle through networked office equipment on government replacement schedules, and it's also home to the Martinez Refining Company, whose presence supports a cluster of industrial suppliers, contractors, and maintenance shops around town. Both sides of the local economy generate e-waste that needs paperwork, not just a dumpster. Government IT purchasing rules and refinery vendor-compliance programs both demand documented, auditable disposal, so an informal scrap hauler simply isn't an option for either side of town.
- County and municipal offices — networked workstations, monitors, and phone systems retired on scheduled government refresh cycles.
- Refinery-adjacent contractors and suppliers — office and shop electronics, from dispatch computers to rugged handheld devices, cleared during equipment upgrades.
- Marina and waterfront businesses — point-of-sale systems and office equipment near the Martinez waterfront and downtown historic district.
Desktops, laptops, monitors, networking equipment, phones, rugged handhelds, all battery types, and hard drives — collected with certified destruction and chain-of-custody paperwork that satisfies government procurement and vendor-compliance requirements alike. We also take retired copiers, two-way radios, and the older security and access-control hardware that county buildings and industrial sites tend to accumulate over long service lives.
TVs and monitors, printers, UPS and power backup units, audio and video equipment and battery-embedded devices round out the list.
Our recycling center is our Sacramento facility at 3921 Pell Circle. We don't run a drop-off site in Martinez; we come to county departments, contractors and waterfront businesses by scheduled pickup. We don't provide residential services. Martinez residents with household electronics can use our sister company, Secure Recycle, at the same Sacramento address, or a Contra Costa collection site listed by CalRecycle.
Government procurement rules and refinery vendor programs both ask where the equipment went and who handled it. Our six steps answer that:
- We supply containers and labels for each material.
- Field Service Managers train the staff who use them.
- Our own crew makes the pickup, with no subcontractors in the chain.
- Each load is tracked under a ticket number, with asset-level records when your scope calls for them.
- At our facility, drives are handled first during processing, then equipment is reused or recycled.
- You receive certificates and asset logs for the audit file.
Martinez pickups follow our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, giving county departments and industrial contractors the documentation trail their audits and procurement rules require. That same process also covers environmental health and safety expectations that refinery-adjacent businesses already build into their own vendor qualification programs, so bringing us on doesn't add a compliance gap.
No. California's universal waste rules prohibit putting electronic devices and batteries in the trash or a dumpster. Computer recycling from Martinez county offices carries the added duty to protect public records on the drives, which is what secure data destruction is for.
Request a quote — we work with county facilities staff and private office managers alike to schedule pickups that fit around government hours or shift-based industrial schedules. For agencies bound by procurement rules, we can also provide the certificates of destruction and asset logs your finance department will ask for at audit time. We also serve nearby Pittsburg, Concord, and Pleasant Hill.
No obligation. We respond same business day.
Prefer to talk? Call (916) 339-3676.
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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Gretchen Langevin
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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Shawnna Borremans
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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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.


