Computer Recycling in Saint Paul, MN

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Checked October 26, 2026

• Recycling Drop-off Center (opens in new tab) · City of Saint Paul Public Works
  • The Environmental Center does not accept cardboard or other recycling from businesses. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Electronics and Small Appliances Recycling (opens in new tab) · Ramsey County
  • Electronics, kitchen countertop appliances and small electric items can be dropped off free of charge; open to residents of Ramsey, Washington, Hennepin, Anoka, Dakota, Carver and Scott counties. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Accepted: computers and accessories including monitors, laptops, tablets, printers; televisions and accessories including VCRs, DVRs, game consoles and cable boxes. Do not dismantle TVs. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Do not dismantle TVs or other electronics. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Environmental Centers (opens in new tab) · Washington County
  • Open to residents of Washington, Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Scott counties; show your driver's license or other proof of residency. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Electronics accepted: cell phones and tablets; computers, monitors, printers and accessories; gaming consoles; items with rechargeable batteries; microwaves; TVs, DVD players and VCRs. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Household Hazardous Waste Facility (opens in new tab) · Anoka County Recycling & Resource Solutions
  • There is no charge to use the site; bring identification such as a driver's license as proof of residency. Businesses are not permitted. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Residents of Hennepin, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties only. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Not accepted: appliances, dried paint, electronics, garbage and tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Bulky Item Collection (opens in new tab) · City of Saint Paul Public Works
  • Bulky items include furniture (couches, tables, chairs), appliances (ovens, washing machines, refrigerators) and electronics (computers, televisions, printers). Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Since July 1, 2026, bulky items no longer need scheduling: set them out at your collection spot by 6 a.m. and a truck returns within two business days. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Bulky collection is for residents in 1–4-unit homes or properties that opted into city garbage service. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Set items next to (not leaning on) the garbage cart, label them "bulky", and empty them of food, liquids, gas and batteries. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Properties in the coordinated collection program get 12 bulky item pickups per garbage cart per calendar year, included in the cost of regular collection. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Beyond 12 per cart per year, extra bulky items cost $30 each plus tax. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Buildings with five or more units are not in city collection; contact the landlord or private hauler. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Electronics Recycling (opens in new tab) · City of Saint Paul Public Works
  • Saint Paul residents can recycle select electronics such as laptops, printers and cell phones for free at the Ramsey County Environmental Center, 1700 Kent Street, Roseville. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Minnesota Statutes 115A.9565 Cathode-ray tube prohibition (opens in new tab) · Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes
  • Minn. Stat. 115A.9565: since July 1, 2006, no one may put an electronic product containing a cathode-ray tube (CRT) in mixed municipal solid waste (the trash). Checked October 26, 2026.
  • CRT computer monitors fall under the same 2006 trash ban on electronic products containing a cathode-ray tube. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Minnesota Statutes 115A.1310 Electronics: definitions (opens in new tab) · Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes
  • Under the Minnesota electronics law, a computer monitor is a CRT or flat-panel display mainly meant to show information from a computer or the Internet. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Minnesota Statutes 115A.1318 Electronics: responsibilities (opens in new tab) · Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes
  • Each year, video display device manufacturers must recycle, or arrange collection and recycling of, an amount of video display devices set by the MPCA, and pay transport and recycling costs for devices counted toward that obligation. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Manufacturer recycling obligations apply only to video display devices received from households. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Minnesota Statutes 115A.932 Mercury prohibition (opens in new tab) · Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes
  • Administrative penalties for a household that violates the mercury disposal ban may not exceed $700. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Minnesota Statutes 115A.96 Household hazardous waste; management (opens in new tab) · Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes
  • Household hazardous waste is waste from household activity that has the characteristics of, or is listed as, hazardous waste, not waste from commercial activity in a home. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The MPCA must run a statewide household hazardous waste program, including collection sites and information, education and technical assistance. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Each county must have a household hazardous waste management plan (education, reduction, and separating and collecting HHW from trash) and had to implement it by June 30, 1992. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • HHW programs must be allowed to accept up to 100 pounds of waste a year from a business generating 220 pounds or less of hazardous waste a month. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • An HHW collection site is a permanent or temporary location with scheduled hours where people may bring household hazardous waste. Checked October 26, 2026.

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