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 Waco
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.
Cobbs takes computers and cell phones from anyone at no charge, but it refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, so a screen has no published city route.
City cost & eligibility
Cobbs lists computer and cell phone recycling in the self-service section open to everyone, and its unacceptable list refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics along with chargers and cables. No television route is published on the city pages read for this packet, so confirm the item with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before loading a screen.
When & how
Take computers and cell phones to Cobbs between Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., and ask the city first about anything that is not a computer or a phone.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before handover, and keep batteries out of the load, because Cobbs refuses lithium ion and car batteries and takes only household batteries and curly CFL bulbs. Keep chargers and cables out as well, since the center lists them as unacceptable.
Freon appliances, glass, tires, paint and chemicals stay out
The bulky pile refuses appliances containing Freon, basketball goals, glass such as tabletops and mirrors, tires, paint, chemicals, liquids and hazardous materials, and construction material containing bricks, concrete or tiles. Extra bags of trash never count as bulky waste either. Freon appliances, glass, tires and paint go to the Cobbs Recycling Center for a fee, and a household there is limited to four free bulky and brush trips a year at no more than eight cubic yards each.
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.
A Waco household with recycling, bulky or brush material, latex paint, used motor oil, computers, phones, or a Freon appliance to clear.
Cost & conditions
The self-service recycling streams are free to everyone, the resident allowances for motor oil, latex paint and four bulky and brush trips are free with proof of residency, and Freon appliance handling and tires carry published fees that are added to the next utility bill rather than collected on site. Confirm the item and the current fee at (254) 299-2489 before loading.
Arrange it
Drive to 4201 Trice Ave between Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., with the current water bill and a matching photo identification, and keep the bulky and brush bays in mind because they close at 4:45 p.m.
Four bulky and brush trips a year at no more than eight cubic yards per visit, five gallons a month each of latex paint and of used motor oil, antifreeze and filters, and tires limited to four per visit off the rim and no larger than twenty inches. Remodeling or construction debris, commercial waste, propane cylinders, old gasoline, hazardous waste, scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, plastic bags and household garbage are refused.
Waco gives a household two ways to move large material. The curbside route is one requested bulky waste pickup a month at no additional charge, with the pile capped at six by six by six feet, and it refuses Freon appliances, glass, tires, paint, chemicals, liquids, hazardous materials and construction material containing bricks, concrete or tiles. The drop-off route is the Cobbs Recycling Center on Trice Avenue, open Monday to Saturday, where the self-service recycling streams are open to everyone and a Waco resident with a current water bill and a matching photo identification gets four free bulky and brush trips a year, five gallons a month of latex paint and the same allowance of used motor oil, antifreeze and filters. Freon appliances go to Cobbs with a technician's tag or pay the center's removal fee, and tires are limited to four per visit off the rim with published fees. Computers and cell phones are the electronics the city takes, while scrapped out televisions and electronics, chargers and cables are refused, and a renovation load has no public route at all. Residential cart services, fees, bulky waste rules and placementBulky waste service request flyer with size, exclusions and request lineCobbs Recycling Center accepted items, resident allowances and feesSolid waste division overview and the October 2026 service changes
City drop-off center with resident allowances and fees
Cobbs Recycling Center
4201 Trice Ave, Waco, TX 76710
Self-service recycling for everyone in separated streams: plastics, glass bottles and food jars, metal cans, paper and cardboard, cooking oil that is liquid only, household batteries and curly CFL bulbs, packing styrofoam, and computers and cell phones. For Waco residents with proof of residency: used motor oil, antifreeze and oil filters up to five gallons a month, latex paint up to five gallons a month, and four trips of bulky and brush waste at no more than eight cubic yards per visit. For residents with a fee: refrigerators and other appliances containing Freon, and tires.
Window, table and dish glass are refused, as are food contaminated board, lithium ion and car batteries, food containers in the foam stream, appliances holding Freon without a removal tag or fee, tires on the rim, commercial or industrial tires, and larger than twenty inch tires. Remodeling or construction debris, commercial waste, propane cylinders, old gasoline, radioactive materials, household hazardous waste, leaking equipment, speakers in wooden cabinets, scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, plastic bags and household garbage are all unacceptable. Loose loads must be tarped, and the bulky and brush bays close at 4:45 p.m.
Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone (254) 299-2489.
The self-service recycling streams are free to everyone, the resident allowances are free with a current water bill and matching photo identification, and Freon appliance handling and tires carry published fees that are added to the next utility bill rather than collected on site. Confirm the item and the current fee before arrival.
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 Waco.
How much does electronics pickup cost in Waco?+
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 Waco?+
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 Waco computers and televisions go?+
Computers and cell phones go to the Cobbs Recycling Center on Trice Avenue, which lists them in the self-service section open to everyone and is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Televisions are different: the center refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics along with chargers and cables, and no television route is published on the city pages, so confirm with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before moving a screen.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Waco?+
The City of Waco Solid Waste Division, which is part of Public Works and describes itself as self-supporting rather than funded by city tax dollars. Residential service includes weekly trash, bi-weekly recycling, bi-weekly yard waste and a monthly bulky waste pickup, and the division answers at (254) 299-2489 or solidwasteinfo@wacotx.gov.Official guidance
What is changing in Waco solid waste in October 2026?+
From October 2026 yard waste may go in the gray cart with the weekly trash, in up to twenty paper bags collected by request up to twice a month, or be dropped at Cobbs or the landfill up to four times a year at no additional charge, and brush follows the same options with a pile no larger than four by four by four feet collected by request up to twice a month. Green yard waste carts may be kept until October 1, 2027 as an additional gray cart at no charge, and from October 1, 2026 a holiday week slides the pickup day one day later rather than earlier.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 Waco.
