Old computer, spare monitor, printer that’s ready to go, gone from the curb. Choose your electronics, see the exact price and book by 2pm for same-day pickup.
Keep the setup you use. Clear out the one you don’t.
The old setup can go
You’ve moved on. Your old electronics haven’t.
The new laptop is working. The old monitor, tower and printer are still taking up a corner. Give the equipment you no longer use a pickup day, with the price settled before anyone arrives.
An exact price for your actual items.
Choose each device and see the total online. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. No visit just to find out the price.
A day to get it done.
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, or choose a future date shown at checkout. Prepare your devices and have them outside before pickup.
Updates through the handoff.
Get a booking confirmation, a text when your hauler is on the way and photos when the pickup is done. Your retired equipment is one less thing to keep track of.
A separate monitor and tower count separately. Small devices and cables have their own box option. Choose what is actually leaving so your price matches the pickup.
Monitor, desktop or laptop.
Choose Computer monitor for each separate display. Desktop computer covers one tower or one all-in-one computer. A laptop is its own item. Add only the devices going.
Printer or office copier.
A printer with a built-in scanner belongs under Printer. A floor-standing copy machine belongs under Office copier. The shape matters more than the brand.
A box of smaller electronics.
Use Box of electronics for small devices, cables and chargers together in one box. For a large or heavy box, unusual contents or separate batteries, send a photo and confirm the fit before booking.
Electronics removal prices in Palo Alto
First item / additional item
Computer monitor$79 / $19
Desktop computer$79 / $19
Laptop$79 / $19
Printer$79 / $19
Box of electronics$79 / $19
Phone$79 / $19
Office copier$159 / $85
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Prepare devices while they are still indoors and connected. Move them to an accessible outdoor pickup spot once they are ready to leave.
Dropcurb provides removal. Data erasure or certified data destruction is not included. For a device with a battery or condition concern, contact us before booking to confirm whether it can be collected.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
Save the files you want to keep. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions to sign out of accounts and erase personal information. If a device will not turn on, resolve any data concerns before handing it over.
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Separate what stays from what goes.
Unplug the equipment and count the devices in your booking. Set aside any accessories you are keeping. Group the items being collected so the right equipment is easy to identify.
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Arrange the outdoor handoff.
Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation. Add a location photo and access notes. You arrange any carrying from inside your home or building; we load and take away the prepared items outside.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Televisions and monitors are refused at the city household hazardous waste station, which takes only electronics with embedded batteries, and no city page publishes an electronics drop off. The city routes televisions and monitors to electronics retailers.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no charge because it publishes no electronics drop off of its own: the household hazardous waste station explicitly refuses electronics without embedded batteries, and the city's own resource table sends televisions and monitors to electronics retailers. Confirm the item and any fee with the retailer you choose, and use the household hazardous waste station only for small devices with embedded batteries such as cell phones and tablets.
When & how
Use a retailer's take back or recycling programme during its own business hours, or bring small battery containing devices to the household hazardous waste station on a Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. or the first Friday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before handover, keep televisions, monitors and other corded electronics out of the Clean Up Day pile and out of the curbside carts, and take small electronics with embedded batteries to the household hazardous waste station instead.
The household hazardous waste station has residency rules and a volume limit
The station at 2501 Embarcadero Way opens every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and the first Friday of each month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and it is for Palo Alto residents who can show a driver's license or vehicle registration. A visit is limited to 15 gallons or 125 pounds of material in containers no larger than five gallons, which is also the state transport limit, and containers have to be secured against spilling in the vehicle.
Batteries and motor oil left the weekly cart route
Household batteries are no longer taken with weekly curbside recycling. Acceptable alkaline and similar batteries go out during a Clean Up Day in a sealed, clear, tear resistant bag placed on top of the blue recycle cart, and lithium or lithium-ion batteries go to the household hazardous waste station instead. Motor oil follows the same split, with up to three one gallon containers of oil and filters set out in a sealed clear bag on Clean Up Day or taken to the station.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Palo Alto Zero Waste with GreenWaste of Palo Alto
Drop household hazardous waste and small battery devices
A Palo Alto household with paint, solvents, batteries, motor oil, fluorescent bulbs or small electronics that have embedded batteries.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Palo Alto residents with proof of residency such as a driver's license or vehicle registration, limited to 15 gallons or 125 pounds per visit in containers no larger than five gallons.
Arrange it
Go to 2501 Embarcadero Way on a Saturday between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., or on the first Friday of the month between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., with the material secured in the vehicle.
Televisions, monitors and microwaves without embedded batteries are refused, along with large gas cylinders, radioactive waste, infectious waste, ammunition, fireworks and pressure treated wood.
Take televisions and monitors to an electronics retailer
A household with a television, a monitor or another corded electronic item that the household hazardous waste station refuses.
Cost & conditions
The city routes televisions and monitors to electronics retailers through the regional StopWaste directory, and each retailer sets its own terms, so confirm acceptance and any fee with the store before loading the screen.
Arrange it
Search the StopWaste directory for an electronics retailer near the address, then call the store for its current hours and accepted items.
This is not a city programme, so the household hazardous waste volume limit and residency rule do not apply here, and some retailers charge or refuse large or damaged units.
City household hazardous waste station with a reuse zone
Palo Alto Household Hazardous Waste Station
2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA
Paints, aerosol cans, paint thinners and solvents, compressed gas cylinders for propane, butane, helium and MAPP, lubricants, motor oil and oil filters, antifreeze, gasoline, automotive batteries, brake cleaners and degreasers, fluorescent bulbs, tubes and ballasts, LED bulbs, household batteries, lithium and lithium-ion batteries, small electronics with embedded batteries such as cell phones and tablets, and mercury waste.
Palo Alto residents only, with proof of residency such as a driver's license or vehicle registration, and no more than 15 gallons or 125 pounds per visit in containers no larger than five gallons. Refused: electronics without embedded batteries such as televisions, monitors and microwaves, large gas cylinders, other gas cylinders, radioactive waste, infectious waste, controlled substances, explosive waste, marine flares, fireworks, ammunition and pressure treated wood.
Every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and the first Friday of each month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., closed on the published holiday dates.
No charge. Free to Palo Alto residents within the 15 gallon or 125 pound per visit limit, and the station also runs a reuse zone where usable material is set out for other residents.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Electronics removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Palo Alto.
How much does electronics pickup cost in Palo Alto?+
A computer monitor is $79 as the first item and $19 as an additional item. Choose the actual devices and quantities to see your combined price online. A separate desktop tower and monitor are separate items. Loading, transportation and disposal are included; review the total and any applicable tax before payment.
Can you pick up old electronics today in Palo Alto?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup. Choose from the dates shown at checkout and have the prepared items outside according to your confirmation. We text you when your hauler is on the way and provide photos when the pickup is done. The booking is for a day, not an exact arrival time.
Does computer removal include my monitor and printer?+
Desktop computer covers one tower or one all-in-one computer. Add a separate monitor, printer or laptop as its own item if it is going too. For small devices, cables and chargers together, choose Box of electronics and check the description before booking.
Do you erase data from old computers?+
Data erasure and certified data destruction are not included in Dropcurb removal. Back up the information you need, then follow the manufacturer’s sign-out and reset instructions before pickup. If a device cannot be erased or contains sensitive business information, arrange suitable data handling before giving it away. Completion photos confirm the pickup, not data destruction.Official guidance
Can I book one box of old cables and small electronics?+
Yes. Box of electronics is an existing option for small devices, cables and chargers together in one box. A monitor, desktop computer and printer each have their own item option. Send a photo before booking for a large or heavy box, unusual contents or separate batteries so we can confirm the fit.
Can I take an old television to the Palo Alto household hazardous waste station?+
No. The station refuses electronics without embedded batteries, which its own list gives as televisions, monitors and microwaves. Small electronics with embedded batteries such as cell phones and tablets are accepted, and the city's resource table routes televisions and monitors to electronics retailers.Official guidance
Where do old televisions and monitors go?+
Not to the household hazardous waste station, which refuses electronics without embedded batteries and names televisions, monitors and microwaves in that refusal. The city's own resource table routes televisions and monitors to electronics retailers, so use a store take back programme and confirm its current terms, while small devices with embedded batteries such as cell phones and tablets can go to the station.Official guidance
What do I need to bring to the household hazardous waste station?+
Proof of Palo Alto residency, such as a driver's license or vehicle registration, and no more than 15 gallons or 125 pounds of material per visit in containers no larger than five gallons. The station is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and the first Friday of each month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., with containers secured in the vehicle.Official guidance
Where do batteries go now?+
Batteries are no longer taken with weekly curbside recycling. Alkaline and similar household batteries go out on Clean Up Day in a sealed, clear, tear resistant bag placed on top of the blue recycle cart, and lithium or lithium-ion batteries go to the household hazardous waste station, which also takes small electronics with embedded batteries.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Give your old electronics a pickup day.
Choose what’s going. See the price. Clear that corner in Palo Alto.
