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 Torrance
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, computers, cellphones and other electronic devices are household hazardous waste in Torrance, so they do not go in a cart and go instead to a county drop-off center, a paint and e-waste retailer programme, or a county collection event.
City cost & eligibility
The City publishes electronic devices as household hazardous waste and points to the county drop-off centers and to a retailer take-back programme for electronic waste only, while the same large item page says electronics are one of the two categories collected and recycled rather than landfilled and also lists electronic waste among the prohibited items. Because those two statements point in opposite directions, confirm with the City at 855-354-5623 before adding a device to the annual large item pickup. The permanent county drop-off centers are free to Los Angeles County residents.
When & how
Take the devices to the Gaffey Street collection center at 1400 North Gaffey Street in San Pedro, open Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. except holidays and rainy days, or to the EDCO recycling and transfer center at 2755 California Ave in Signal Hill on the second and fourth Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The City also lists a retailer take-back programme for electronic waste only and county one-day collection events.
Get it ready
Keep electronics out of all three carts, because the trash bin refuses electronics and hazardous waste and California makes it illegal to put any battery in the trash or recycling cart. Tape the terminals of lithium batteries or bag each one separately, keep the load inside the county per trip limit for collection events, and expect to give your address at a county collection center because devices from residents without a valid address are refused.
The large item pickup is booked, not set out on demand
One free large item collection is available a calendar year per address, up to twenty items, and it has to be booked with the sanitation line at 855-354-5623. Materials cannot go out earlier than 12 hours before the scheduled pickup, small items must be tied or bagged, the pile goes where recycling is collected and at least five feet from the carts, and a cancellation has to be made at least a day ahead.
Hazardous material and electronics go to a drop-off
Paint, cleaners, motor oil, auto products, batteries, fluorescent tubes and bulbs, mercury equipment, sharps, medicine, non-empty aerosol cans and electronic waste cannot go in any cart or on the large item pile. Take them to the Gaffey Street collection center at 1400 North Gaffey Street in San Pedro on weekends from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., or to the EDCO center at 2755 California Ave in Signal Hill on the second and fourth Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., both free to county residents.
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.
County household hazardous waste and electronic waste drop-off
Gaffey Street S.A.F.E. Collection Center
1400 North Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
Household hazardous waste and electronic waste, including cleaning products, paints, motor oil, auto products, batteries, fluorescent tubes and bulbs, mercury-containing equipment, CRTs, computers, televisions, cellphones, DVD players and non-empty aerosol cans, along with paint from the paint stewardship programme and electronic waste taken by a retailer take-back programme.
Los Angeles County residents only, and anyone dropping off has to give an address, because devices from residents without a valid address are refused. Explosives, ammunition and radioactive material are not accepted, and the county's published per trip limit for its collection events is 15 gallons or 125 pounds per vehicle, so confirm the limit that applies at this center when you arrive.
Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., except holidays and rainy days. Los Angeles County publishes the same hours and address for this center.
No charge. Free for Los Angeles County residents at the county's permanent household hazardous waste collection centers.
County drop-off with a household product reuse center
EDCO Recycling and Transfer Center
2755 California Ave, Signal Hill, CA 90807
Household hazardous waste and electronic waste, plus a reuse center where residents pick up partially used products such as household cleaners, lawn and garden products and paint at no cost.
Los Angeles County residents only, with a limit of up to five reuse items per household per week. The center operates on its published Saturdays only, and the same county prohibitions on explosives, ammunition and radioactive material apply.
Open the second and fourth Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
No charge. Free for Los Angeles County residents at the county's permanent household hazardous waste collection centers, and the reuse center is free as well.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Electronics removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Torrance.
How much does electronics pickup cost in Torrance?+
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 Torrance?+
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.
Where do televisions and computers go in Torrance?+
To a county household hazardous waste drop-off. The nearest are the Gaffey Street collection center at 1400 North Gaffey Street in San Pedro, open weekends from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. except holidays and rainy days, and the EDCO recycling and transfer center at 2755 California Ave in Signal Hill on the second and fourth Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both are free to Los Angeles County residents.Official guidance
Where do household batteries go?+
Not in any cart. The City says batteries, especially the lithium-ion cells in phones, laptops, e-bikes, power tools and earbuds, should never go in the trash or recycling because they start fires in trucks and at recycling facilities. Rechargeable, lithium primary, button cell and alkaline batteries all go to a participating drop-off, and every type is also accepted at a county collection center or a county mobile event.Official guidance
Can electronics go out with the large item pickup?+
The City's own page is inconsistent on this, because it says electronics and metal appliances are collected and recycled rather than landfilled while also listing electronic waste among the prohibited items on the same page. Ask the sanitation line at 855-354-5623 before adding a device to the pickup, and use a county drop-off in the meantime.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Torrance?+
The City's own Public Works Sanitation Division, which runs weekly trash, recycling and organics collection for about 29,500 single family homes, duplexes and select three and four unit properties. Customer service is 855-354-5623 Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and commercial and multi-family property service runs through private haulers instead.Official guidance
What does weekly collection cost a household?+
The monthly rate depends only on the size of the trash container, and the City publishes a five year schedule of increases through July 1, 2027. Recycling and organics containers carry no monthly charge, up to two extra recycling or organics carts are free apart from the delivery fee, and an additional refuse container carries its own published monthly rate.Official guidance
Is there a discount for a senior or disabled resident?+
Yes. The low income senior and disabled rate requires a 64-gallon refuse cart, a resident who is 62 or older or permanently disabled, and a household income inside the programme limits. Applications go through the Finance Department utility billing line at 310-618-5830.Official guidance
Can I take my own load to a transfer station?+
The City publishes a reference list of local transfer stations open to the public, in Gardena, Long Beach, Compton, Wilmington, Downey, Signal Hill and Carson. The City marks the list as reference only and subject to change, asks residents to call ahead about prices, hours and accepted materials, and notes that Torrance residents can receive discounted City rates with proof of residency.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 Torrance.
