TV Removal in Santee, California

TV and electronics disposal in Santee runs into one rule the rest of the country does not have: California's Electronic Waste Recycling Act (SB 20/SB 50, AB 2901) classifies TVs, monitors, laptops, and other Covered Electronic Devices as universal hazardous waste, and curbside or trash disposal is ILLEGAL statewide. WM's Santee guide explicitly lists "Electronics" under "DO NOT INCLUDE" for gray, blue, and green carts. The producer-funded CEW program does pay for free drop-off, but the closest channel is the WM Buyback Center at 925 O'Connor St in El Cajon (about 5 mi SW), Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. only, a window that fights every full-time work schedule. WM's curbside bulky-item pickup will take a TV: 4 free pickups per calendar year, 6 items per pickup, includes e-waste, scheduled by phone at (619) 596-5100 Mon-Fri for the next service day, items at the curb by 6:00 a.m. Sycamore Landfill at 8514 Mast Blvd is inside Santee, and homeowners get 2 free landfill passes per year, but TVs and CEDs are NOT accepted at Sycamore under CA e-waste rules; the passes are useless for a TV. Best Buy in-store recycling caps at 3 items per day, and TVs are NOT free at all California stores; a per-TV recycling fee applies for screens over 32 inches at Mission Valley and Parkway Plaza in El Cajon. Independent Craigslist and OfferUp haulers in Santee commonly walk away from old CRT and projection TVs because CalRecycle pass-through fees at downstream CECs eat their margin. The competitive set: LoadUp's national TV-removal page starts at $82 all-inclusive of mandatory CA recycling fees with a surcharge for 150+ lb units; SD Junk Pros lists Santee starting as low as $75; 1-800-GOT-JUNK runs Santee on a volume-based on-site quote through the San Diego franchise; Junk King San Diego covers Santee on a gated-quote model; Lugg charges labor + travel even if the disposal site rejects, plus a 10% service fee. Dropcurb takes the TV, the CRT or LCD monitor, the desktop, the laptop, the printer, the stereo, and the AV console from your curb same-day starting at $79, with the price locked at checkout. No Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. WM Buyback drive, no phone-scheduled bulky cycle, no Best Buy per-TV fee, no on-site re-quote. You curb it. We disappear it by tonight.

City program details: Santee contracts residential and commercial waste, including bulky and e-waste handling, to Waste Management (WM) under an exclusive city franchise; customer service (619) 596-5100. California's Electronic Waste Recycling Act (SB 20/SB 50, AB 2901) classifies TVs, monitors, laptops, and other Covered Electronic Devices (CEDs) as universal hazardous waste. Disposal in trash or curbside carts is ILLEGAL statewide, and WM's Santee guide explicitly lists "Electronics" under "DO NOT INCLUDE" for gray, blue, and green carts. WM's curbside bulky-item collection is the city's primary e-waste channel: 4 free bulky pickups per calendar year, up to 6 items per pickup, "includes bulky, white goods, or e-waste." Scheduling is by phone Mon-Fri at (619) 596-5100 for pickup on the next service day; My WM online scheduling is also offered. Items must be at the curb the night before or by 6:00 a.m. on the collection day. Non-acceptable items include tires, batteries, paints, oils, freon, construction debris, chemicals, rocks, sand, gravel, dirt, logs, carpet, hazardous waste, and medical waste. The official drop-off path is the WM Buyback Center at 925 O'Connor St, El Cajon, CA (about 5 mi SW of Santee), Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., free, accepting computers, printers, fax machines, microwave ovens, TVs, DVD/CD players, stereos, cell phones, and similar items. Santee homeowners also get 2 free landfill passes per calendar year for Sycamore Landfill at 8514 Mast Blvd ((619) 562-0530), but TVs and CEDs are NOT accepted at Sycamore under California e-waste rules; the passes cover bulky non-electronic loads or up to 1 ton of solid waste only. Holiday delays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas push the collection day on or after the holiday back one day that week; Saturday/Sunday holidays do not delay. A senior (65+) discount is available. City Public Works backstop: 10601 Magnolia Ave., Santee, CA 92071, (619) 258-4100.

Santee is in San Diego County's East County region and contracts residential and commercial waste, including bulky and e-waste handling, to Waste Management (WM) under an exclusive city franchise; customer service (619) 596-5100. There is no other licensed residential trash collector in Santee. WM's curbside bulky-item collection is the city's primary e-waste channel: 4 free pickups per calendar year, up to 6 items per pickup, "includes bulky, white goods, or e-waste." Scheduling is by phone Mon-Fri at (619) 596-5100 for pickup on the next service day; My WM online scheduling is also offered. Items at the curb the night before or by 6:00 a.m. on the collection day. Non-acceptable items include tires, batteries, paints, oils, construction debris, chemicals, freon, rocks, sand, gravel, dirt, logs, carpet, hazardous, and medical waste. The drop-off path is the WM Buyback Center at 925 O'Connor St, El Cajon, CA (about 5 mi SW), Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., free, accepting computers, printers, fax machines, microwave ovens, TVs, DVD/CD players, stereos, and cell phones. Sycamore Landfill at 8514 Mast Blvd ((619) 562-0530) is inside Santee city limits, and homeowners get 2 free landfill passes per year (CA driver's license + residential utility bill required) for bulky non-electronic loads or up to 1 ton of solid waste, but TVs and CEDs are NOT accepted under California's e-waste rules. General-trash tipping in 2026 runs about $125/ton with small-vehicle drops $70 to $100; a hard hat (~$6) is required at the site. California's Electronic Waste Recycling Act (SB 20/SB 50, AB 2901) makes TVs, monitors, laptops, and other CEDs universal hazardous waste; disposal in trash or curbside carts is ILLEGAL statewide, and the producer-funded CEW program funds free drop-off through Certified Electronic Waste Collectors (CECs). Free CalRecycle-aligned residential channels also run through Nerd Recycling (free San Diego County pickup when the load includes 2+ computers, flat-screen TVs, network switches, or pro-audio components; single-TV loads do not qualify), Terra E-Waste (free drop-off; Santee in service area), and TechWaste Recycling (Santee pickup; TVs and monitors accepted). Big-box take-back: Best Buy in-store recycling caps at 3 items per day, and TVs are NOT free at all California Best Buy stores; a per-TV recycling fee applies for screens over 32 inches at the nearest Mission Valley and Parkway Plaza (El Cajon) locations. Holiday delays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas push the collection day on or after the holiday back one day that week; Sat/Sun holidays do not delay. Senior (65+) discount available. City Public Works backstop: 10601 Magnolia Ave., Santee, CA 92071, (619) 258-4100. Demographic context: 60,037 residents (2020 Census; 2024 ACS-derived 59,300 with a slight -0.3% annual trend); 21,200 households; 72.4% owner-occupied (much higher than neighboring National City at about 35%); median household income $113,394 (+7.37% YoY, well above CA and national medians); median property value $727,200 (+11.3% YoY); 95.5% U.S. citizens; about 5,900 rental households. The city is anchored on State Route 52 (extended east to SR-67), State Route 67 (eastern edge), and State Route 125 (west to La Mesa and the WM Buyback Center on O'Connor St); Mast Boulevard and Mission Gorge Road run E-W; Magnolia Avenue and Cuyamaca Street run N-S; the San Diego River greenbelt and Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve bisect the city; Gillespie Field sits on the southern border; Mission Trails Regional Park abuts the western edge; the MTS Copper Line trolley terminates here. Named neighborhoods include Carlton Hills, Woodglen Vista, Santee Town Center, The Highlands Mobile Home Park, Sky Ranch, Riverwalk, Weston, and Fanita Ranch. The Santee competitive set: LoadUp's national TV-removal page lists $82 all-inclusive of CA e-waste recycling fees with a surcharge for 150+ lb units; LoadUp's Santee bulk-item page covers the same model. SD Junk Pros lists Santee starting as low as $75 with same-day messaging. 1-800-GOT-JUNK runs Santee through its San Diego franchise on a volume-based on-site quote. Junk King San Diego covers Santee with gated quotes. FETCH Junk Removal (La Mesa HQ "5 min from Santee on the 125") explicitly markets routing knowledge to Carlton Hills, Woodglen Vista, and Santee Town Center, and takes "TVs + Computers Removal." Lugg charges labor + travel even if the disposal site rejects the load, plus a 10% service fee.

Dropcurb picks up tvs same-day in Santee for $99 flat — no wait, no annual limits, no restrictions.