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.
UC Merced, the newest campus in the University of California system, brought a research-computing and lab-equipment dimension to a city otherwise defined by the agriculture that surrounds it. Mercy Medical Center anchors the region's healthcare capacity, which means Merced generates something few Central Valley cities do at scale: diagnostic and imaging equipment reaching end of life alongside ordinary IT hardware, all of it carrying strict handling requirements. That combination — a research university, a regional hospital system, and the surrounding farm economy — gives Merced one of the most varied equipment profiles of any city in our service area, and our technicians are trained to move between all three without missing a compliance step.
- UC Merced departments and research labs — retired lab computers, research equipment, and department IT requiring documented data destruction.
- Medical and healthcare facilities: retired workstations and patient-record hard drives with documented, HIPAA-aware destruction.
- Agricultural and distribution businesses — standard office and warehouse electronics recycling for Merced's farm-economy employers.
Desktops, laptops, lab and research equipment, monitors, printers, phones, all battery chemistries, and hard drives with certified on-site or facility-based destruction. For research labs, that includes retired instrumentation that doesn't fit a standard office e-waste pickup.
Copiers, phone systems, TVs and monitors, modems and routers, UPS backups and battery-embedded devices qualify too, from a department office or a distribution warehouse alike.
We don't operate one in Merced. Our recycling center is our Sacramento facility, and we come to Merced businesses, labs and healthcare facilities by scheduled pickup. We don't provide residential services. For recycling in Merced, CA as a resident, CalRecycle's list of Merced County collection sites is the closest option, and our sister company, Secure Recycle, serves households at our Sacramento address, 3921 Pell Circle.
The six steps give each client the record it needs. On site, we set out containers, train staff, and make the pickup with our own crew. Then the load is tracked under a ticket number, processed at our facility with drives handled first, and closed with certificates and reports. At the top data-destruction tier, the certificate of destruction lists each drive by make, model and serial number.
Merced pickups follow our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, and our technicians handle imaging equipment deinstallation to the same documented standard as any hard drive or server decommission, with a certificate issued for every load.
No. California's universal waste rules keep electronic devices and batteries out of trash carts and dumpsters. Hold them for a documented pickup. For computer recycling in Merced, keep lab and clinic drives separate so they can go through secure data destruction.
Request a quote and specify if you need imaging equipment deinstalled, not just picked up — we'll send techs equipped for it, along with the paperwork your facility's compliance office will need on file. Research labs and university departments can request the same documentation for their own record-keeping. We also serve nearby Atwater and Madera, and can schedule Merced alongside either as part of one regional trip.
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.


