Yuba City has spent generations as one of California's major agricultural processing centers — rice mills, prune packers, and peach canneries anchor an economy that runs on harvest seasons rather than retail cycles, with office computers, scale-house electronics, and control-system equipment cycling out on a schedule tied to yield and processing volume rather than a fiscal quarter, often clustering right after the fall rice harvest and the summer peach run when processing lines go quiet long enough for equipment upgrades. It's also home to one of the largest Sikh communities in California, whose gurdwaras, businesses, and community organizations add their own layer of offices, retail electronics, and event-support equipment — sound systems, kitchen point-of-sale terminals, and community-hall AV gear — to the county seat's electronics stream. Sutter County government offices round out a city with more institutional variety than its size would suggest, retiring desktops and networking gear on standard county replacement cycles tied to budget-year procurement.
- Agricultural processors — rice, prune, and peach operations retiring office computers, scale-house electronics, and control-system equipment between harvest seasons.
- Sutter County offices — county government departments cycling through desktops, printers, and networking equipment on replacement schedules.
- Community organizations and local businesses — gurdwaras, retail shops, and service offices across Yuba City's diverse business districts retiring point-of-sale and back-office equipment.
Desktops, laptops, UPS units, control-system and scale-house electronics, networking gear, sound and AV equipment, point-of-sale systems, monitors, printers, phones, all battery chemistries, and hard drives with certified destruction, collected on our regular Sutter County route and scheduled around harvest-season downtime when processors have equipment to retire.
When a processing line goes quiet after harvest, the retired equipment tends to arrive all at once. Our six steps are built for that. Containers are placed ahead of the downtime and a Field Service Manager trains the maintenance crew on sorting. Our own truck makes the pickup on the Sutter County route. Loads are tracked under a ticket number, processed at our Sacramento facility, and documented in certificates and a report. County offices can ask for serial-level records on drives.
No. Under California's universal waste rules, most discarded electronics and batteries have to go to an authorized recycler. That applies to a cannery's control panels and a family's old TV alike. Modern Waste Solutions works only with businesses and public agencies. Yuba City residents can take a family TV or computer to our sister company Secure Recycle, which accepts household electronics at 3921 Pell Circle in Sacramento, or find a Sutter County site through CalRecycle.
Yuba City pickups follow our ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001-certified process, with full chain-of-custody tracking and a certificate of recycling or destruction for every job.
Request a quote and we'll fold your pickup into our regular Sutter County stops, timed around your processing schedule or office calendar. We also serve Live Oak, Chico, and Roseville.
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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.
