Pleasant Valley doesn't have the scale of nearby Bakersfield, and that's the point — it's a smaller, unincorporated community where small agricultural operations and businesses supporting the region's oil-services industry get overlooked by recyclers chasing bigger contracts elsewhere. We treat a five-computer pickup here with the same documentation as a fifty-computer job in the city. That's a deliberate choice: a quiet community shouldn't have to choose between convenient recycling and certified, audit-ready paperwork just because its typical job size is smaller than what a Bakersfield hauler is used to.
- Small agricultural operations — farm office computers and inventory equipment retired on an as-needed basis, often just one or two machines at a time.
- Oil-services support businesses — office and shop electronics for companies supporting nearby field operations, retired as equipment is upgraded.
- Small local businesses — low-volume e-waste and battery pickups that can often be combined with a scheduled route stop.
Desktops, laptops, small-office networking and printing equipment, monitors, phones, all battery chemistries, and hard drives shredded on-site for businesses that need documented destruction even at small volumes. We also collect farm-office electronics and the shop equipment used by businesses that service nearby oil operations, including small quantities.
A farm office with two computers goes through the same six steps as a large account. We leave a container or two, explain the sorting (batteries in their own bucket, drives kept separate), and our crew makes the pickup. The load is logged and processed at our Sacramento facility, where working equipment gets a chance at reuse before anything is recycled, and you get a certificate and report.
No. California law treats most discarded electronics and batteries as universal waste, and that holds in unincorporated Kern County as much as anywhere. Shop batteries in particular shouldn't sit in an open bin, where a damaged lithium cell can start a fire.
Households are in the same position. We don't provide residential services. Pleasant Valley households can recycle electronics through our sister company, Secure Recycle, at our Sacramento address, 3921 Pell Circle, or find a Kern County collection site through CalRecycle.
Pleasant Valley pickups follow our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, with a certificate of recycling or destruction issued for every load, regardless of size — the same standard we apply everywhere in Kern County, from Bakersfield's largest offices to a single farm-office desktop out here.
Request a quote even for a small pickup. Minimums depend on the route, and we can often combine your visit with a nearby Kern County stop to keep things efficient. Tell us what you have, even if it's a single retired desktop or a handful of shop batteries, and we'll confirm what applies. We also serve nearby Bakersfield and Oildale.
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.
