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 Burlington
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.
Computers, printers and small electronics are under the state e-waste ban, so they use the tagged curbside option, the free resident events or the county convenience center.
City cost & eligibility
The routes carry different charges, so confirm which one you are using. The city's curbside e-waste tag costs $15.00 per item on the water bill, the two resident collection events are free, and the Alamance County Landfill convenience center applies a $42 per ton tipping fee for electronic waste while its fee schedule prices televisions and computer monitors at $5.00 each. Retail and manufacturer programs are also listed by both the city and the county.
When & how
Use the free resident events when one is scheduled, use the curbside tag on your regular trash day, or take the item to the convenience center at the landfill during its opening hours, and call the county at (336) 376-8902 if the item is unusual.
Get it ready
Wipe stored data from drives, laptops and phones before anything leaves the house, keep power supplies and cables with the device, and keep electronics out of the black cart, the recycling cart and any bulk pile, because all three refuse them.
Each Burlington residential customer gets one black 95 gallon roll out container for household garbage, collected once a week on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday route with no Wednesday collection. The cart goes to the curb by 7:00 am with five feet of clearance on each side and fifteen feet above, and comes back in by 7:00 pm. The lid arrows face the street so the automated arms can grip the container, and the black cart refuses recyclables, yard waste, liquids, dirt, masonry, rock, metal, wood, building materials, ashes, contractor waste, fluorescent tubes, electronic waste and hazardous waste. In congested areas such as the central business district, rear packer trucks collect from containers no larger than 32 gallons, and only clear plastic bags are collected without a permanent container.
Banned landfill items and oversized loads are the two ways a set out goes wrong
Tires, electronics such as computer equipment and televisions, wooden pallets, hazardous and liquid waste, used oil, oil filters, antifreeze, lead acid batteries, fluorescent lights, mercury thermostats, ABC beverage containers, regulated medical waste and oyster shells are banned landfill items and will not be picked up; an abandoned banned item left at the curb may be collected and billed. Items too large for the truck, building materials and lumber above two 32-gallon containers, logs and stumps, closed containers and automobile parts are also refused. Since August 19, 2026, bulk waste above a standard pickup truck bed load is treated as excessive and draws a minimum fee, with another fee for each additional landfill trip.
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 Burlington Public Works Solid Waste Division with GFL Environmental and the Alamance County Landfill
Take electronics to the free resident collection event
A Burlington household with a television, monitor, computer, printer or other device covered by the state e-waste ban.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Burlington residents only, household e-waste only, at the free collection events in the Public Works parking lot at 234 E. Summit Avenue.
Arrange it
Bring the device to the Public Works parking lot on an event day. The 2026 events ran Saturday, February 7 and Saturday, October 3, from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
The events run twice a year rather than every week, and they are limited to residents and to household e-waste, so a device that cannot wait has to use the tagged curbside option or the county convenience center.
City of Burlington Public Works Solid Waste Division with GFL Environmental and the Alamance County Landfill
Haul the load to the Alamance County Landfill
A household with a load of construction debris, wood, drywall, roofing, yard waste, metal, tires, bagged garbage or electronic waste that the city route will not take.
Cost & conditions
From $1 per 13-gallon bag of household garbage at the convenience center, with larger bags at $2.00, a mattress at $5.00, a box spring at $3.00, a television or computer monitor at $5.00 and scale loads priced by the ton including $44.00 for construction debris and $32.00 for yard waste, with a 2.95 percent service fee and a $2.20 minimum on card and check payments. Household material brought to 2701 Austin Quarter Road in Graham; the convenience center takes cash only, while the scales take cash, card or check with a $5.00 minimum.
Arrange it
Take bagged garbage and recyclables to the convenience center, and take anything large or bulky across the scales during scale hours, which are Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Construction debris, large residential loads, yard waste and brush, tires and metal are only accepted during scale hours, and the convenience center is cash only.
Book a private hauler for what the city route will not take
A business, institution, landlord or household with an oversized pile, a contractor load or banned material that the city's residential bulk route will not collect.
Cost & conditions
Burlington publishes no rate for private hauling, and the city route itself is not available to businesses or institutions, so the price depends on the hauler, the material and the volume. Ask for a quote before the load is set out.
Arrange it
Arrange the pickup directly with a licensed hauler, and keep the material off the right of way until the hauler arrives so a banned item is not left for the city crew to tag.
The city will not collect from businesses or institutions, and the material still has to reach a permitted disposal site, so confirm where the hauler is taking the load.
County landfill with a convenience center, scales and household hazardous waste drop-off
Alamance County Landfill
2701 Austin Quarter Road, Graham, NC 27253
Bagged household garbage and recyclables at the convenience center, plus weighed loads of residential and industrial garbage, construction and demolition debris, mixed construction material, wood, drywall and sheetrock, roofing and shingles, bricks and concrete, yard waste and brush, metal, tires and electronic waste. The convenience center takes appliances, mattresses, box springs and televisions, and household hazardous waste drop-off covers used oil, used oil filters, antifreeze, used cooking oil, lead acid batteries and electronic waste.
Large and bulky loads have to go across the scales because the convenience center is for bagged household trash; construction debris, large residential loads, yard waste and brush, tires and metal are only accepted during scale hours; the convenience center takes cash only; and homeowners are limited to 5 gallons of used oil, 5 used oil filters and 5 tires off the rims for free tire disposal, with a larger quantity only if it qualifies.
Landfill and scales Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 12:00 pm, closed Sunday; convenience and recycling center Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, except holidays.
From $1 per 13-gallon bag of household garbage at the convenience center, with larger bags at $2.00, a mattress at $5.00, a box spring at $3.00 and a television or computer monitor at $5.00, and scale rates per ton of $44.00 for garbage, construction debris, wood, drywall, roofing, metal, bricks and concrete, $32.00 for yard waste and $76.00 for tires, with a 2.95 percent service fee and a $2.20 minimum on card and check payments. Household material brought to the convenience center or across the scales, with the $5.00 scale minimum, cash only at the convenience center and the service fee applying to non-cash payment at the scales.
City public works parking lot used for the free resident e-waste collection events
City of Burlington Public Works parking lot
234 E. Summit Avenue, Burlington, NC
Household electronic waste from Burlington residents, including televisions and computer equipment, at the free collection events held in the public works parking lot.
The events are limited to Burlington residents and to household e-waste, they run on published dates twice a year rather than daily, and a device that misses an event has to use the tagged curbside option on the regular trash day or the Alamance County Landfill convenience center.
Event days run 9:00am to 2:00pm; the 2026 events were Saturday, February 7 and Saturday, October 3. Solid waste office questions are answered Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 4:00 pm on 336-222-5111.
No charge. Burlington residents dropping household e-waste at a scheduled event in the public works parking lot.
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 Burlington.
How much does electronics pickup cost in Burlington?+
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 Burlington?+
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 computers and printers go in Burlington?+
They are under the state e-waste ban, so they cannot go in the trash or a bulk pile. Burlington residents can have e-waste tagged at the curb on the regular trash day for a per item charge on the water bill, can use the free resident collection events at the Public Works parking lot, or can take the item to the Alamance County Landfill convenience center, which accepts just about anything that plugs into the wall and charges by weight for electronic waste.Official guidance
What happens to electronics and televisions in Burlington?+
They cannot go in the trash or a bulk pile, because North Carolina's e-waste ban keeps televisions, computers and similar devices out of the landfill. Burlington tags e-waste left at the curb on the regular trash day and bills a per item charge to the water account, runs free collection events for residents in the Public Works parking lot on Summit Avenue, and points households to the Alamance County Landfill convenience center, which takes appliances as well as electronics.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 Burlington.
