"Southern California's Premiere eWaste Recycler"

How CA Recyclers Can Help

California has seen a surge in the need for reliable disposal of eWaste. CA Recyclers has stepped in to facilitate your needs to dispose of any of the eWaste that you need to dispose of. We can certify that all of the disposal of your companies sensitive equipment, is done according to California state and Federal EPA regulated guidelines. We assure you that none of your eWaste finds its way into landfills. We are committed to bettering the state of California by ensuring the longevity of its natural resources. This also helps the longevity of California's human resources, unused electronics in strogae can leak dangerous chemicals and be harmful to humans and animals alike.

E-Waste Defined

E-waste is defined as all obsolete or outdated computers, televisions, cell phones, printers, PDAs, and thousands of other devices commonly used in offices, homes, and by people on the go. The global technological revolution is fueling the rapidly increasing e-waste recycling problem. The demand to effectively and safely recycle the obsolete electronics is pushed by the same demands our society imposes to manufacture the new, smaller, faster more efficient hardware. The environmentally safe disposal of eWaste has rampantly become a problematic issue over the past decade. Technological advances and legislation on all levels has vaulted eWaste recycling into an evolving multi-billion dollar a year industry.

The environmental concerns regarding e-waste stem from the many compounds that are known to have adverse impacts on the health of the environment all living beings. The following hazardous elements and compounds can be found in everyday e-waste:

More Info on California's eWaste problem


eWaste Statistics

  • Electronic Equipment 5% of U.S. GDP
  • EPA: 3/4 of all PCs sold in U.S. sitting in storage, unused. Only 13% recycled.
  • CIWMB: Approx. 350 million lbs. of CRTs in California households and storage.
  • CIWMB: 120 million lbs. of eWaste recycled anually

California eWaste Regulations

State regulations require the generator of a waste to determine if it is a hazardous waste (this requirement is found in section 66262.11 of title 22 of the California Code of Regulations). Wastes are hazardous waste when they exhibit one or more of the following characteristics: toxicity, ignitability, corrosivity or reactivity. Many electronic wastes exhibit the toxicity characteristic due to the lead content as well as other heavy metals.