Electronics Recycling
Electronic equipment is full of toxic chemicals. These materials are not a risk to the user but can be a severe environmental risk when disposed of improperly.
Residents of Jefferson County have these options for computers:
Jefferson County is following regional and national efforts to encourage computer and television manufacturers to:
Recycle Options
Residents of Jefferson County have these options for computers:
- Upgrade your computer instead of discarding it
- Recycle unwanted electronics for free at:
- Recycling Center at the Transfer Station on South Jacob Miller Road, Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Port Townsend Goodwill, located at 602 Howard Street.
Find out more information about the E-Cycle Washington Program. Households, small businesses, schools and school districts, small governments, special purpose districts and charities can recycle the following electronic products free of charge:
- Monitor
- Computer
- Laptop computer
- Televisions
- Tablets
- E-Readers
- Portable DVD Players
- Check with the company that manufactured your computer to see if they have a take-back program
- If the computer still works you can donate it
- Director of Information Services for Olympic Community Action 360-379-6883
- Wilderness Technology Alliance
- Take your computer to a business that will accept it. Check out King County Business Services
County Encourages Manufacturers
Jefferson County is following regional and national efforts to encourage computer and television manufacturers to:
- Design products that are more easily recycled
- Design products that last longer, with replaceable parts
- Take back products for rebuilding or recycling
- Develop environmentally sound products and develop recycling programs
- Include the costs of these practices in the product price to be paid by the consumer
Website Resources
- Basel Action Network
- Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
- Snohomish County's "Take It Back Network"
- Zero Waste Washington (Formerly Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation)