Free e-waste recycling in Oceanside
Free e-waste recycling in Oceanside at 1501 S Coast Hwy
Drop off old electronics at 1501 S Coast Hwy, inside Security Public Storage. Check in at the storage office. It's open seven days a week, and you don't need an appointment. Besides electronics, it takes small appliances such as vacuums, toasters and coffee makers. For Carlsbad, Leucadia and Encinitas, free e-waste recycling in Oceanside is the closest option we have.
What to expect
How free e-waste recycling in Oceanside works
Step 1
Drive to Security Public Storage
Drive to Security Public Storage at 1501 S Coast Hwy in south Oceanside.
Step 2
Check in at the office
Go into the Security Public Storage office and say you're dropping off electronics for Dream E-Waste.
Step 3
Find our painted sign
Head to our storage unit inside the gates. Look for our painted sign on the side of the building.
Step 4
Unload with our team
Our team helps unload at the unit.
Accepted here
What you can bring for free e-waste recycling in Oceanside
The Oceanside recycling center takes electronics and small appliances. Microwaves, large appliances, scrap metal and bulbs go to Point Loma or Chula Vista, as listed below.
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.
Vacuums, toasters, coffee makers, blenders and other small household appliances. Microwaves go to Point Loma, Chula Vista or San Marcos.
Not accepted here
What the Oceanside recycling center can't take
- Microwaves, large appliances, scrap metal, fluorescent bulbs, bikes and pallets go to our Point Loma recycling center, about 42 minutes away (appliance recycling).
- Loose household batteries go to Point Loma, Chula Vista or San Marcos. From here, San Marcos is closest, about 18 minutes away (battery recycling).
- Servers, rack-mount equipment and other large or industrial items are collected through our business electronics recycling pickup instead.
- Solar panels need an email with photos first, because we never take them as a walk-in (solar panel recycling).
- Damaged, swollen, leaking or burned loose batteries can't be accepted at any of our sites. Take them to the City of San Diego Miramar Recycling Center, by appointment through the City's website, and read how to handle a swollen battery. Batteries still inside a device are fine.
- Also, we can't take trash, furniture, mattresses, cardboard, construction debris, hazardous waste (paint, chemicals, fuel), medical waste or gas cylinders that still hold pressure at any of our sites.
Not sure about an item?
Check the full list of items we recycle, or call us at (619) 889-1305 before you drive over.
Compare what each site takes on our San Diego e-waste drop-off locations page.
Services
Services beyond free e-waste recycling in Oceanside
Besides drop-off at Oceanside, we offer free pickup, data destruction and business recycling across San Diego County.
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.
Data security
Data security for free e-waste recycling in Oceanside
Every computer, laptop, tablet and phone left here goes to our processing sites, including our R2v3-certified Point Loma facility, where each data-bearing device is wiped and its drive physically destroyed by default. To watch drives being destroyed or get a Certificate of Destruction, use our Point Loma or Chula Vista recycling center, or book on-site hard drive destruction for your business. California's rules for e-waste are explained by CalRecycle's electronic waste program.
Our registrations: CalRecycle CEWID 127772, U.S. EPA ID CAL000484577 and California DTSC facility ID 36681. We're also RIOS-certified (ID 10240807). See our certifications for details, or our hard drive destruction service.
Directions
Getting to our free e-waste recycling center in Oceanside
1501 S Coast Hwy is in south Oceanside, less than a mile from I-5 and close to SR-78. It's the closest Dream E-Waste site for Carlsbad, Leucadia, Encinitas and Cardiff. Free e-waste recycling in Oceanside is available here seven days a week.
Photos
Photos from our Oceanside recycling center
Areas closest to the Oceanside recycling center
Because Oceanside is our nearest site for 4 neighborhoods and cities, we list them here grouped by typical drive time without traffic. Open a group to see each area's page.
Nearby areas
Find your area near Oceanside
Need a pickup instead?
Don't see your area listed?
We pick up free across San Diego County when you have five or more computing devices.
Local reviews
Reviews of free e-waste recycling in Oceanside
Kaaran McCracken Quick and easy to recycle our household electronics. Friendly service and everything ran just like a dream!
Michael B Check in at the storage unit office - the actual drop off is a storage unit inside the gates. Super easy drop off
patrick martinson There needs to be more people and places like that for us to get rid of the overwhelming amount of electronics that goes through a single community
Monica George-Halling Great service!
Sasha Nikolich Easy and friendly drop off 🙂
Robert SP Great experience! Will use this again.
Devon Holland Quick and very helpful crew.
Kelly Hamilton Cory made everything so easy
Christine G EXCELLENT customer service, quick and attentive!! Thank you again Corey!! Greeted with a smile 🙂 😃
Six sites across San Diego County
Our other San Diego County recycling centers
Finally, our San Diego e-waste drop-off locations page compares hours and accepted items for all six sites.
Questions
Questions about the Oceanside recycling center
Oceanside
About Oceanside
Oceanside is the northernmost city on the San Diego County coast, with Camp Pendleton along its northern edge. The harbor, the beaches and the Oceanside Pier, one of the longest wooden piers on the West Coast, draw most visitors.
Inland, the city follows the San Luis Rey River valley past Mission San Luis Rey, founded in 1798 and known as the King of the Missions. MiraCosta College has its main campus here too.
Getting around Oceanside
The Oceanside Transit Center is the one station where the COASTER, Metrolink, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and the NCTD SPRINTER all stop. Our recycling center is a short drive south on S Coast Hwy, near I-5 and SR-78.
Because it's our only site on the North County coast, it's our closest site for Carlsbad, Encinitas, Leucadia and Cardiff. It takes electronics and small appliances. For household batteries or a microwave, our San Marcos center is about 18 minutes inland.
