San Mateo's downtown and Caltrain corridor are lined with mid-rise office towers that lease to a mix of professional-services firms and Peninsula biotech tenants, with the train station itself anchoring a dense pocket of businesses that turn over equipment on a predictable commuter-office schedule. Both generate a steady flow of retired IT equipment, but the shared thread is data: every laptop and drive leaving a San Mateo office has been sitting on a commuter's desk long enough to accumulate files nobody wants surfacing later.
Desktops, laptops, monitors, networking equipment, printers, phones, all battery types, and hard drives, collected with certified on-site shredding or in-facility destruction and chain-of-custody paperwork for every load, down to device serial numbers when your scope calls for them. That holds whether it's a single office suite or an entire tower floor.
Lease-driven refreshes have a fixed end date, so we plan the six steps backward from it. Containers arrive early enough for staff to fill them, with a short briefing on keeping drives and lab-support devices separate. Our crew makes the pickup before move-out, and the load is tracked against your release list. Processing at our Sacramento facility handles drives first. The closing reports are released once processing and reconciliation are complete, so flag any audit or lease-return deadline when you book.
No. In California most discarded electronics and batteries are universal waste and have to go to an authorized recycler. We don't provide residential services; pickups are for businesses. San Mateo households can recycle electronics through our sister company, Secure Recycle, at the same Sacramento address, 3921 Pell Circle, or use a Peninsula collection site from CalRecycle's list.
San Mateo pickups follow our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, so office towers and biotech tenants alike get documented, auditable handling of every retired device, with certificates of destruction available for compliance files.
Request a quote and let us know if you need on-site drive shredding before equipment ever leaves the building, or if you're coordinating a multi-suite office turnover. We also serve nearby Redwood City and San Bruno.
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Business Electronics Recycling
Our electronic waste recycling services prioritize security and compliance, ensuring responsible disposal while also boosting your bottom line.
On-Site Hard Drive Shredding
Secure, compliant hard drive destruction performed at your location — protecting sensitive data, ensuring peace of mind, and meeting industry standards.
Hard Drive Destruction Service
Our data destruction services meet or exceed the most stringent industry standards, providing peace of mind and full compliance.
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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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.
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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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.
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.
We truly appreciate your generous review! 😊 It's fantastic to know our team was able to assist you with your hard drive destruction needs efficiently. We are so glad to hear you had a pleasing experience with us. Our door is always open for all your future recycling needs!
