A College Town Built on Dairy and Agricultural Processing

Turlock's identity splits neatly in two. On one side is CSU Stanislaus, a campus generating a constant cycle of lab computers, department workstations, and student-services hardware, much of it carrying student and research data that needs to be handled with the same rigor a hospital or law firm would expect. On the other is a concentration of dairy cooperatives and agricultural processing plants that rank among the largest in the Central Valley, running scale-house and packing-line equipment on a schedule dictated by milk and crop volumes rather than a fiscal calendar. Few recyclers are set up to serve both a university's data-security requirements and a processing plant's production-line equipment turnover in the same town — we are.

Who We Serve in Turlock
  • CSU Stanislaus departments and labs — retired workstations, lab equipment, and department computers requiring documented data destruction.
  • Dairy cooperatives and agricultural processors — scale-house terminals, packing-line controllers, and inventory systems retired on a production schedule.
  • Local businesses and professional offices — routine desktop, laptop, and battery recycling for Turlock-based companies.
What e-waste qualifies for pickup from Turlock?

Desktops, laptops, lab and department workstations, scale-house terminals, monitors, printers, phones, all battery chemistries, and hard drives destroyed on-site or in a certified facility with a documented chain of custody. Networking equipment, classroom AV hardware, and legacy server gear retired during campus IT refreshes are all part of the same pickup, and processing plants can add packaging-line electronics and cold-storage sensors to the same load.

Turlock recycling for campus and plant electronics

Computer recycling for a CSU Stanislaus department and scale-house recycling for a dairy co-op follow the same six steps. The reporting detail is what differs.

Step Campus department Processing plant
Equipment Carts for workstations, a controlled container for drives Gaylords and battery tubs near the scale house
Training Keeping student and research data devices separate Sorting batteries by chemistry, spotting damaged cells
Pick-up Between academic terms When processing lines go quiet
Tracking Serial-level records on request Load records by weight and date
Process Drives wiped or shredded before reuse Reuse where possible, then recycling
Reports Certificates for procurement files Certificates for plant records
Can e-waste go in the trash in Turlock?

No. California's universal waste rules cover most discarded electronics and batteries, on a campus, at a plant or at home. Modern Waste Solutions works only with businesses and institutions. If you're a Turlock resident with a TV or computer to recycle, our sister company Secure Recycle takes household electronics at 3921 Pell Circle in Sacramento, and CalRecycle lists Stanislaus County sites.

Certified, Secure, and Compliant

Turlock pickups follow our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, with a certificate of recycling or destruction issued for every load — the kind of documentation university IT departments and plant managers both require.

Getting Started in Turlock

Request a quote and tell us whether your equipment is coming from a campus department, a processing plant, or a general office — we'll scope the pickup and the paperwork accordingly, since a university procurement office and a dairy co-op typically need different levels of reporting detail. We also serve nearby Ceres and Modesto, and can combine stops across all three on a single regional route.

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    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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      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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