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.
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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Battery Recycling
We can recycle virtually all types of batteries. In most cases, it is either best practice or required to separate batteries by chemistry type.
Data Center Decommissioning
Complete decommissioning of data centers and UPS systems, including equipment removal, data sanitization, and compliant recycling.
Business Electronics Recycling
Our electronic waste recycling services prioritize security and compliance, ensuring responsible disposal while also boosting your bottom line.
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!
