Electronic recycling in Kensington
Where to take your e-waste in Kensington
For electronic recycling in Kensington, the closest Dream E-Waste recycling center is Point Loma recycling center at 4009 Hicock St STE D, San Diego, CA 92110, about 12 minutes away. For electronics and small appliances, our Kearny Mesa drop-off site is about 10 minutes from Kensington. Electronics are free to drop off and you don't need an appointment.
Where to go
Nearest recycling center and drop-off to Kensington
Our main recycling center for Kensington is Point Loma, about 12 minutes away. The closest drop-off site is Kearny Mesa, about 10 minutes away, for electronics and small appliances. Check in at the Associated 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 Kensington
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 Kensington works
Step 1
Pick your site
First, choose Point Loma for everything we take, or the Kearny Mesa drop-off for electronics and small appliances.
Step 2
Drive up, no appointment
Then drive up during opening hours. At Kearny Mesa, 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 Kensington
Besides drop-off and pickup, these services cover homes and businesses in Kensington.
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 Kensington
Our free e-waste pickup covers Kensington 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 Kensington
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
Kensington
About Kensington
Kensington, in the City of San Diego, is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 15 on the west, Fairmount Avenue on the east and El Cajon Boulevard on the south. Normal Heights lies to the west and City Heights to the south.
Lots in the Kensington Park subdivision went on sale on November 25, 1910, and the first houses, all Craftsman style, went up that year. In 1913 a group of former Santa Fe Railway executives led by G. Aubrey Davidson bought the land and added Kensington Manor. Much of the neighborhood was built in the late 1920s, when Spanish Revival was the most popular style in San Diego, and architects Richard Requa and Cliff May designed important homes here. Kensington Park was annexed to the city in 1952.
Route 11 of the San Diego Electric Railway served the area from 1910 until streetcar service ended in 1949. Adams Avenue is the main street and business center. Residents bought and installed the neon Kensington sign in 1953, and it was designated a city historic site in 2008. A replica went up in November 2010. Franklin Elementary is the local San Diego Unified school.
Nearby areas
Areas near Kensington
Local reviews
Reviews of our Point Loma recycling center
Carmen Curry Fantastic, free e-waste recycling in central SD. Workers are always super friendly. Getting in & out of there is hard in a car though.
Edit: just dropped off something and was informed California now requires a small fee ($1-$10) to recycle items. $1 for anything over 3lbs (averaging about $3 for most items) $10 for the largest item: fridges. TVs are still free. Still a very small fee for recycling the items that shouldn’t/can’t go in the landfill. Love having Dream E-Waste local to me. Staff is always pleasant and helpful. Thanks again Dream!
J D Friendly staff. Quick and easy.
Elizabeth Siegler Excellent service! So helpful and convenient, easy!!
Habeas Corpus Awesome place
Tim Boggs Only good things to say about them. They were super friendly and helpful. Kudos to the staff. Only thing I had to pay for was for a big can of old batteries. It was $2 so I’m not mad at all. I’ll be coming back for sure.
Mascha S Very friendly and easy
Rodney Wilson So easy and reps are incredibly friendly
Iri Vaz Helpful and super nice.
Kevin Weiser Easy to drop off, friendly staff. Very convenient! Corey helped me out and was awesome.
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