Electronic recycling in Carlsbad
Where to take your e-waste in Carlsbad
For electronic recycling in Carlsbad, the closest Dream E-Waste recycling center is San Marcos recycling center at 2930 Norman Strasse Rd STE 104, San Marcos, CA 92069, about 20 minutes away. For electronics and small appliances, our Oceanside drop-off site is about 8 minutes from Carlsbad. Electronics are free to drop off and you don't need an appointment.
Where to go
Nearest recycling center and drop-off to Carlsbad
Our main recycling center for Carlsbad is San Marcos, about 20 minutes away. San Marcos doesn't take large appliances or scrap metal, so for those use Point Loma, about 40 minutes away. The closest drop-off site is Oceanside, about 8 minutes away, for electronics and small appliances. Check in at the Security Public Storage office when you arrive.
Hours and items for every site are on our San Diego e-waste drop-off locations page.
Accepted items
What you can bring for electronic recycling in Carlsbad
Point Loma and Chula Vista take everything shown here. San Marcos takes electronics, batteries and microwaves, and Miramar, Kearny Mesa and Oceanside take electronics and small appliances. A few items carry a small fee, listed on each item page.
Rack and tower servers, workstations, storage arrays and other business hardware.
Cell phones, tablets, cameras, game consoles, stereos and other home electronics.
Keyboards, mice, webcams, speakers, headsets, docks and other computer accessories.
Hard drives, SSDs, USB sticks, backup tapes, CDs and DVDs. Every drive is destroyed by default.
Microscopes, lab scales, centrifuges and patient monitors, clean and free of medical waste.
Control panels, motors, pumps and other electrical equipment. Email photos of large items first.
Appliances, scrap metal and more
Washers, dryers, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, mini fridges, dish antennas and lawnmowers.
Microwaves, vacuums, toasters, air fryers, coffee makers and other small kitchen appliances.
Server racks, computer cases, shelving, frames and other metal, sorted from wood and drywall.
Rechargeable, lithium-ion, power tool and single-use batteries. Tape the ends of lithium batteries.
How it works
How electronic recycling in Carlsbad works
Step 1
Pick your site
First, choose San Marcos for everything we take, or the Oceanside drop-off for electronics and small appliances.
Step 2
Drive up, no appointment
Then drive up during opening hours. At Oceanside, check in at the storage office first.
Step 3
Unload with our team
After that, our team helps unload. Tell them what you brought and if anything holds data you care about.
Step 4
Data destroyed, items recycled
Finally, every drive is wiped and physically destroyed by default, and everything is recycled through our Point Loma and Chula Vista processing sites.
Services
Business and data services in Carlsbad
Besides drop-off and pickup, these services cover homes and businesses in Carlsbad.
Six sites across San Diego County with no appointment. Electronics are free to drop off.
Five or more computers, laptops, monitors, servers, printers or TVs? We collect them free anywhere in San Diego County.
Residential Electronics Recycling
Household TVs, computers, phones and small electronics, dropped off or picked up from your home.
Business Electronics Recycling
Office clean-outs, IT refreshes and server rooms, with certified data destruction and recycling records.
Pickups for apartments, HOAs and commercial properties, including move-out clean-outs and bulk items.
Tracked, documented retirement of company IT, from inventory to data destruction and recycling.
Servers, storage and networking removed with a documented chain of custody and NIST 800-88 data destruction.
Recover value from retired IT through evaluation, buyback and resale, with certified recycling for the rest.
Drives are crushed or shredded by default, with witnessed destruction and a Certificate of Destruction on request.
On-Site Hard Drive Destruction
We destroy drives at your office, so the data never leaves your building.
Electronics processed under the R2v3 standard at our certified Point Loma facility.
Free community collection events with schools, businesses and neighborhood groups.
Pickup
Free e-waste pickup in Carlsbad
Our free e-waste pickup covers Carlsbad when you have five or more computing devices, such as computers, laptops, monitors, servers, printers or TVs. Smaller items like vacuums, CDs and cables don't count toward the five, but we take them with the rest of the load. Book online or call (619) 889-1305.
For an office clean-out, see business electronics recycling. For drives that must be destroyed at your site, see on-site hard drive destruction.
Certified and registered
Certified electronic recycling in Carlsbad
Our Point Loma facility holds the R2v3 certification (Perry Johnson Registrars, valid to January 2029), and we're registered with CalRecycle and California DTSC. Our U.S. EPA ID is CAL000484577. Details and certificates are on our certifications.
R2v3 certified, Point Loma facility (C2026-00214)
CalRecycle approved collector and recycler, CEWID 127772
California DTSC facility ID 36681
RIOS certified recycler, ID 10240807
Carlsbad
About Carlsbad
Carlsbad is a coastal city in northern San Diego County, reached by Interstate 5 and State Route 78. Its shoreline includes Carlsbad State Beach, Tamarack Beach and South Ponto Beach, all used for surfing, swimming and beachcombing. Batiquitos Lagoon, a protected wetland, has trails for hiking and birdwatching.
The city is best known for LEGOLAND California Resort, which has a theme park, water park and aquarium. Each spring the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch bloom with ranunculus and draw thousands of visitors. Carlsbad Village is the downtown, with shops, galleries and cafes, and it hosts Art in the Village. Other yearly events include the Carlsbad Marathon and the TGIF Concerts in the Parks, and Poinsettia Park and Aviara Community Park have sports fields and playgrounds.
Carlsbad Unified School District runs the public schools, among them Carlsbad High School, Sage Creek High School and Aviara Oaks Middle School. MiraCosta College and California State University San Marcos are nearby. The COASTER commuter train, run by North County Transit District, serves the city.
Nearby areas
Areas near Carlsbad
Local reviews
Reviews of our San Marcos recycling center
Ken & Tammy Easy drop off location
rachel chrisman Super friendly place. Heads up they do not take lighters. Your batteries should be separated and they do not receive spray cans, Nice and friendly service
Pay Way Dropped off a 20 inch CRT. The attendant was friendly and took the crt from the back of my car. Very helpful!! Easy stop and go drop off. Highly recommend.
Also he did not charge me. Hope that’s ok.
Libby Patterson made an errand i was avoiding for weeks super quick and easy 🙂
Yvonne Diaz Easy to find
Patricia Conner We had a lot of stuff we didn’t/couldn’t use. We drove into a business lot with warehouse style buildings. This particular business was in the back corner. A guy came out and took everything we had in the trunk. He was polite and asked if we wanted to get rid of a certain item. We said yes. We have no use for it. Instead of just assuming everything in the trunk was being recycled. The only thing he couldn’t take were some lights. Which was fine. He was able to take everything else.
Randy Blackburn They made it very quick and easy. I had a lot of old family videos that needed recycled. I pulled up and the gentleman took what I had and I was out the door within three minutes.
Sam Hoffman Great service and easy to use. Brought in my broke. Flat screen TV to their location and they took it for free. No charge to me. I really appreciate this great service.
Andrew Schwartz I dropped off a microwave today. Fast, and easy - with great service from the friendly staff. For recycling they're the way to go.
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