Environmental Health and Safety

Electronic Waste (E-Waste)

Environmental Health and Safety accepts e-waste from campus-generated sources to facilitate recycling and proper disposal. E-waste from off-campus and the general public is not accepted at this time. 

E-waste can be dropped off during normal business hours by calling EH&S at x4697 to schedule an appointment. Normal collections are held on the last working day each week unless scheduled by appointment for a different day.

NOTE: Any equipment or e-waste left unattended is considered illegally dumping hazardous waste and will be investigated accordingly.

Accepted Items:

Free of charge

  • Computer monitors (cathode ray tube, plasma and LCD).
  • Visual display devices, including televisions (with screens measuring over 4 inches diagonally).
  • Personal Computer Components:
    • Mice
    • Keyboards
    • Computer towers (also occasionally referred to as hard drives), and all components normally housed within a computer tower.
    • Computer cords/wires
    • Chargers
  • PDA (or Personal Digital Assistants) and peripherals associated with them.
  • Microwave Ovens
  • Cell phones
  • Office Devices:
    • Printers (Ink/Toner cartridges must be removed).
    • Fax machines, and similar office devices.
  • Stereo/audio and video/DVD equipment

Prohibited Items:

  • Large medical equipment
  • Batteries
  • Ink Cartridges
  • Uninterruptible Power Supplies, also known as UPS's
  • Any leaking equipment or equipment covered with an unidentifiable substance.
  • Industrial scale print process equipment
  • Any item too large to fit on a four foot square pallet.
  • Liquid cooling system components
  • Large industrial equipment that may have had contact with hazardous materials and may retain some residual of those materials.
  • A video display device that is contained within a clothes washer, clothes dryer, refrigerator, refrigerator and freezer, microwave oven, conventional oven or range, dishwasher, room air-conditioner, dehumidifier, air purifier or other similarly sized piece of equipment.
  • A clothes washer, clothes dryer, refrigerator, refrigerator and freezer, conventional oven or range, dishwasher, room air-conditioner, dehumidifier, or air purifier.

Items containing lead acid batteries, can be handled as e-waste if removed.


For resources for these wastes that we do not accept you can try the Los Angeles County Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Management Program online at: http://ladpw.org/epd/hhw/index.cfm or call 1(888)CLEAN LA.