Dump Your Old Electronics and Documents at Our April Shred-a-Thon

Tax season has come and (very nearly) gone, which means now is as good a time as any to clean out your filing cabinet — and safely toss your old phones and laptops, to boot! Join us on Saturday, April 19 for our annual Spring Shred-a-Thon and e-Waste event. We’ll be at Fulton Street between Ryders Alley and Cliff Street rain or shine, with a mobile shredding truck, ready to securely destroy and recycle all sensitive documents, tax receipts and old bills from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until the truck is filled.

You can also bring us your old electronics (working and non-working) that you no longer need. The following list covers what to bring: 

• Computers (laptops, desktops, servers, mainframes) 
• Monitors (CRT and flatscreen) 
• Handheld devices (smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, e-readers) 
• Network devices (routers, hubs, modems) 
• Peripherals (keyboards, mice, cables, cords, chargers) 
• Components (hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies) 
• Printers, scanners, fax machines 
• TVs 
• VCRs, DVRs, DVD and Blu-ray players
• Digital converter boxes, cable/satellite receivers 
• Video-game consoles and accessories 
• Cell phones, pagers, PDAs 
• Audiovisual equipment (cameras, microphones, stereo equipment, etc.)

We cannot accept home appliances such as microwaves, humidifiers and dehumidifiers, refrigerators, air conditioners or ionization smoke detectors/carbon monoxide detectors (those that are labeled as containing radioactive material); batteries, except lead-acid batteries from uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems, and media like floppy disks, CDs, VHS tapes and cassette tapes are also not accepted. 

For additional e-waste questions you can check out the LES Ecology Center’s FAQ. For other items that require disposal, use the Department of Sanitation’s How to Get Rid of… tool, or check out our guide to recycling and e-waste disposal in the neighborhood.