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 cary
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 and other corded devices are recycled rather than trashed. The Citizen's Convenience Center collects a fee for electronics recycling, Wake County takes them at its multi-material recycling facilities, and a few Wake County convenience centers take electronics on weekends only.
City cost & eligibility
Cary charges for electronics recycling and points readers to the Waste Wizard for the amount, so confirm the fee before loading the car. Wake County does not publish a separate electronics fee for its multi-material facilities.
When & how
Cary's center is open Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 6 p.m. while it is open to these materials. Wake County multi-material facilities run Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and county convenience centers accept electronics only at sites 1, 4 and 11 on weekends.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data from computers before handover, keep batteries out of the electronics load because Wake County collects them at its household hazardous waste facilities, and bring the item intact rather than dismantled.
Cary says the Citizen's Convenience Center stays open as usual through December 31, 2026, and that from January 1, 2027 only the food and yard waste drop-off remains because the North Carolina Railroad needs the right-of-way. For everything else the town points residents to the Wake County Multi-Material Recycling Facility on Old Smithfield Road in Apex and the Wake County Convenience Center on Aviation Parkway in Morrisville, where county fees may apply, and it confirms that curbside collection is not affected.
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.
Town of Cary Solid Waste and Wake County facilities
Take it to the Citizen's Convenience Center
A Cary household with bulky items, appliances, electronics, recycling or yard waste and its own vehicle.
Cost & conditions
The center has resumed fee collection for appliance and electronics recycling, paid on site by credit or debit card, and the town directs readers to the Waste Wizard or Cary Collects app for the amount. Other bulky material carries no published charge.
Arrange it
Drive to 313 N. Dixon Ave. during open hours, Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Sunday 1 to 6 p.m., and pay any appliance or electronics fee at the gate.
Construction and remodeling debris, paint, motor oil, oil filters, tires, propane tanks, shingles, stumps, treated lumber, pallets, dirt, rocks, concrete, car batteries and household hazardous waste are refused. Commercial and contractor waste is prohibited, and box trucks and enclosed trailers are not admitted. Public access to everything except food and yard waste ends December 31, 2026.
Town of Cary Solid Waste and Wake County facilities
Use a Wake County multi-material recycling facility
A household with a refrigerator, freezer, washer, dryer, water heater, air conditioning unit or any corded electronics.
Cost & conditions
Wake County publishes no separate residential fee for appliances, electronics, antifreeze, motor oil, oil filters or scrap metal at these facilities. Confirm the current terms at the gate or with 919-856-7400.
Arrange it
Drive to the South Wake facility at 6130 Old Smithfield Road in Apex or the North Wake facility at 9029 Deponie Drive in Raleigh, both open Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or the East Wake site in Wendell on weekends.
Liquids have to be pourable into the collection tank with no drums, pallets are limited to 10 and only at the North and South Wake sites, and the facilities are closed on the county's listed holidays. Scavenging and any exchange of material are prohibited.
Cary residents have two ways to move bulky material themselves and one date to plan around. The Citizen's Convenience Center at 313 N. Dixon Ave. takes residential bulky items, recyclables, food waste and yard waste, and recycles appliances and electronics for a fee paid on site, but it refuses construction and remodeling debris, paint, motor oil, oil filters, tires, propane tanks, shingles, stumps, treated lumber, pallets, dirt, rocks, concrete and car batteries, and it does not admit commercial or contractor loads, box trucks or enclosed trailers. The town says the center keeps operating as usual through December 31, 2026, and that from January 1, 2027 only the food and yard waste drop-off remains, with Wake County facilities named as the replacement. Those county options are the South Wake Multi-Material Recycling Facility at 6130 Old Smithfield Road in Apex for appliances, electronics, antifreeze, motor oil and oil filters, the Wake County Convenience Center Site 2 at 6120 Old Smithfield Road for up to two mattresses a day, homeowner construction debris with verification and scrap metal, and the South Wake Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 6150 Old Smithfield Road for paint, batteries, solvents and garden chemicals. Curbside carts, yard waste and the special collection request through 311 are not affected by the change. Citizen's Convenience CenterMaterials not accepted at the Citizen's Convenience CenterSolid waste collection policyConvenience centersMulti-material recycling facilitiesHousehold hazardous waste facilities
Town drop-off for bulky material, appliances and electronics
Citizen's Convenience Center
313 N. Dixon Ave., Cary, NC 27513
Televisions, computers and other corded electronics brought for recycling.
Cary residents who pay the monthly sanitation fee, in a car, SUV or pickup, with no box trucks or enclosed trailers. Batteries and hazardous material are refused here and belong at the county facilities. Public access to materials other than food and yard waste ends December 31, 2026.
Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 6 p.m., closed on town holidays unless otherwise posted. From January 1, 2027 only the food and yard waste drop-off remains open.
Electronics recycling carries a fee that the town collects on site and does not publish, so confirm the amount before the trip.
Electronics including televisions, computers, monitors, game consoles, stereos, microwaves and any corded device, large appliances including air conditioning and heating units, refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers and water heaters, motor oil, transmission fluid, hydraulic oil, power steering fluid, antifreeze and oil filters in pourable containers with no drums, plus cardboard, cooking oil, scrap metal and up to 10 wood pallets.
Open to Wake County residents and businesses, with scavenging and any exchange of material prohibited. Vehicles carrying waste must be secured, children and pets stay in the vehicle, and liquids must be able to be poured into the collection tank with no drums.
Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve at noon and Christmas Day.
Wake County publishes no residential fee for these materials, but the facility accepts business waste as well and the county sets its own terms, so confirm the current requirements at the gate or with 919-856-7400.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Electronics removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in cary.
How much does electronics pickup cost in cary?+
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 cary?+
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 Cary televisions and computers go?+
The Citizen's Convenience Center recycles electronics for a fee, and Wake County takes televisions, computers, monitors, stereos and any corded device at its multi-material recycling facilities in Apex and Raleigh. A few Wake County convenience centers also take electronics, but only on weekends.Official guidance
Is the Citizen's Convenience Center closing?+
Part of it. The town says the center stays open as usual through December 31, 2026, and that from January 1, 2027 only the food and yard waste drop-off remains because the North Carolina Railroad needs the right-of-way. For everything else the town points residents to the Wake County Multi-Material Recycling Facility on Old Smithfield Road in Apex and the Wake County Convenience Center on Aviation Parkway in Morrisville, and curbside collection is not affected.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 cary.
