Keep the screen you want. Make a plan for the one you don’t.
One screen too many
The new TV is in. The old one is still here.
It has been replaced, stopped working or simply isn’t coming with you. Now it needs a way out. Book its pickup online, with a clear price and updates along the way.
An exact price for your TV.
Choose the TV that matches yours. See the price online, with loading, transportation and disposal included. No visit needed to get a quote.
A day to get it gone.
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, or choose a future date shown at checkout. Arrange to have the TV outside before pickup.
You’ll know when it’s gone.
Get a text when your hauler is on the way and photos when the job is done. With your TV outside and accessible, you don’t need to stay home for pickup.
The TV’s type and size determine which item to choose. A new model and an old model can use the same option if their shape and screen size match.
Flat-screen TVs
Measure the screen diagonally, corner to corner, without the frame. Choose under 42 inches or 42 inches and larger. A TV measuring exactly 42 inches belongs to the larger option.
Tube TVs
An older tube or CRT television has curved glass and a deep, heavy body. Choose Tube TV even if its screen is small. A rear-projection TV is different; send a photo before booking so we can check the fit.
TV stands and other electronics
The TV price covers the television. Add a media console, computer monitor or other item separately if it is going too. Choose only what you want removed and review the combined price.
TV removal prices in Palo Alto
First item / additional item
TV (Under 42")$79 / $19
TV (42"+)$129 / $39
Tube TV$249 / $249
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.
Your TV can stay inside while you book. Before pickup, arrange to have it disconnected, taken down if mounted and moved to an accessible outdoor spot.
A pickup day is not an exact arrival appointment. If your building allows only a short loading window, contact us before booking to confirm a workable plan.
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.
Dropcurb does not remove TVs from walls or do indoor carrying. Arrange the help you need before pickup day, including the trip down interior stairs or through an elevator.
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Choose a permitted outdoor spot.
Use a stable, accessible location with a clear path for loading. Keep the TV separate from anything staying. Check building rules before placing it in a shared pickup area.
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Show us the TV that is going.
Add a location photo and access notes after booking. Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation. For exposed broken glass or unusual damage, send a photo and check with us before booking.
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.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
TV removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Palo Alto.
How much does TV removal cost in Palo Alto?+
A flat-screen TV under 42 inches is $79 as the first item and $19 as an additional item. Larger flat screens and tube TVs have their own prices. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Choose the type that matches your TV and review your total, including any applicable tax, before payment.
Can I get same-day TV pickup in Palo Alto?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup. Choose from the dates offered at checkout and have the TV outside according to your confirmation. We text you when your hauler is on the way and provide photos when the pickup is done.
Will Dropcurb remove my TV from the wall or carry it downstairs?+
You arrange unmounting, disconnection and indoor carrying before pickup. Dropcurb starts at an accessible outdoor location, where we load your TV and take it away. If you need help removing a mounted TV or moving a heavy tube TV outside, arrange that separately before your pickup day.
Do you pick up old tube or CRT televisions?+
Yes. Choose Tube TV for an older television with curved glass and a deep, heavy body. Its price is $249 as the first item and $249 as an additional item. A rear-projection television is a different item; send a photo before booking rather than choosing the tube-TV option.
Does my old TV have to work?+
Your TV does not need to turn on for removal. Choose its type and size and arrange to have it outside before pickup. A non-working TV and a TV with exposed broken glass are different situations; send a photo of unusual damage so we can confirm the plan before you book.
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
The old TV has somewhere to go.
Choose your TV. See the exact price. Book your pickup day in Palo Alto.
