Electronics recycling center in Point Loma
Our electronics recycling center in Point Loma
Our main recycling center is at 4009 Hicock St STE D in San Diego's Midway District, between Point Loma and Old Town. So you can bring electronics, appliances, scrap metal, bulbs and more. It's open Monday to Saturday, and you don't need an appointment. Our electronics recycling center in Point Loma also takes large loads, such as office or garage clean-outs.
What to expect
How drop-off works at the Point Loma center
Step 1
Drive to Hicock St
Drive to 4009 Hicock St in the Midway District. The building sits a few blocks from where I-8 meets I-5.
Step 2
Find the roll-up door
Head to the roll-up door at the far end of the warehouse, past the auto shops. Visitors say the driveway is shared with other businesses, so you may need to wait a moment for it to clear.
Step 3
Unload with our team
Our team meets you at the door and helps unload. Tell them what you brought.
Step 4
Ask for proof if you need it
If you want to watch your drives being destroyed or need a Certificate of Destruction, ask when you arrive.
Accepted here
What you can bring to our electronics recycling center in Point Loma
Point Loma and Chula Vista are our full-service recycling centers. So bring almost anything with a plug or battery, plus the larger items here. A few items carry a small fee, which you'll find 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.
Not accepted here
What the Point Loma recycling center can't take
- 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 from our electronics recycling center in Point Loma
Besides drop-off at Point Loma, 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 at our electronics recycling center in Point Loma
This facility is R2v3-certified (certificate C2026-00214), and it's one of our two processing sites. Every data-bearing device we receive is wiped and its drive physically crushed or destroyed by default, whether or not you ask. That includes the computers, laptops, tablets and phones you drop off here, at no charge. So drives are destroyed right here. You can also book witnessed destruction or ask for a Certificate of Destruction here (certificates take 3 to 5 business days). For business drives, see hard drive destruction or on-site hard drive destruction. Our certification follows the R2v3 standard published by SERI.
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
Directions to our Point Loma recycling center
4009 Hicock St is in the Midway District, close to the I-8 and I-5 interchange. So coming from Point Loma, Ocean Beach or Old Town, it's only a few minutes away by car. The drop-off is the roll-up door at the very end of the warehouse building.
Photos
Photos from our Point Loma recycling center
Areas closest to our electronics recycling center in Point Loma
Because Point Loma is our nearest site for 24 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
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We pick up free across San Diego County when you have five or more computing devices.
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.
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 Point Loma recycling center
San Diego
Point Loma and the Midway District
The recycling center sits in the Midway District, the stretch between Point Loma, Old Town and Mission Bay that grew up around the old sports arena. It's a working area of warehouses, auto shops and stores. That's why the drop-off is a warehouse door rather than a storefront.
Also, because it's right off I-8 and I-5, it's the quickest full-service site for most of central and coastal San Diego, from Ocean Beach and Pacific Beach to downtown, Hillcrest and Mission Valley. It's also one of our two processing sites, so electronics from our Miramar, Kearny Mesa and Oceanside centers end up here too.
