Electronic recycling in Otay Mesa
Where to take your e-waste in Otay Mesa
For electronic recycling in Otay Mesa, the closest Dream E-Waste recycling center is Chula Vista recycling center at 819 Anita St, Chula Vista, CA 91911, about 15 minutes away. For electronics and small appliances, our Kearny Mesa drop-off site is about 33 minutes from Otay Mesa. Electronics are free to drop off and you don't need an appointment.
Where to go
Nearest recycling center and drop-off to Otay Mesa
Our main recycling center for Otay Mesa is Chula Vista, about 15 minutes away. The closest drop-off site is Kearny Mesa, about 33 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 Otay Mesa
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 Otay Mesa works
Step 1
Pick your site
First, choose Chula Vista 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 Otay Mesa
Besides drop-off and pickup, these services cover homes and businesses in Otay Mesa.
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 Otay Mesa
Our free e-waste pickup covers Otay Mesa 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 Otay Mesa
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
Otay Mesa
About Otay Mesa
Just north of the U.S. border with Mexico, Otay Mesa sits in the southern part of the City of San Diego that is cut off from the rest of the city. The Otay River Valley and Chula Vista lie to the north. Interstate 805, Ocean View Hills and San Ysidro mark the west side, and unincorporated East Otay Mesa and the San Ysidro Mountains lie to the east. Across the border is the Otay Centenario borough of Tijuana.
The name Otay comes from the Kumeyaay language, and mesa is Spanish for tableland. Aviation pioneer John J. Montgomery flew gliders from the west rim of the mesa in 1883 and 1884. The city annexed the area along with other parts of South San Diego in 1957 and added almost 4,000 more acres in 1985.
The Otay Mesa Port of Entry is one of two border crossings inside the city, and commercial trucks are generally sent here. Since 2015 the Cross Border Xpress has linked a terminal in Otay Mesa by pedestrian bridge to Tijuana International Airport. State Route 905 follows Otay Mesa Road, and State Route 125 also reaches the area. The 603-megawatt Otay Mesa Energy Center came online in 2009.
Nearby areas
Areas near Otay Mesa
Local reviews
Reviews of our Chula Vista recycling center
4mrbigcbro Drive in to drop off any electronics recycling equipment, workers there are very courteous and helpful people.
David Wilkins Very friendly service
Michael Fitzsimmons They took everything. Guys very helpful.
Michael Fahouris Great place to drop off all your gear today. They took my metal my TV my air conditioner and household batteries one stop does it all great place
Dave Martocchio Very nice people. They take almost everything! Cory is the best.
Katie Chester Great customer service and so easy to drop items! Thank you!!
Sean Brew Quick and east, fast and friendly
Jill Bormann This place is amazing! Extremely friendly employees, particularly Corey! And they take most anything, including our window, air conditioner, and an old microwave oven. You can drive real close by and people come out and help you unload. And it’s all free. Unbelievably easy. I highly recommend them.
Jordan A Awesome service here! Shoutout to Corey
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