Microwave Recycling in Rochester, NY

Microwaves are free at ecopark on Avion Drive (glass plate in the trash).

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Checked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check

2 ways to get rid of a microwave in Rochester

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CurbCycle PickupPickup from your home · RochesterNo haulingWe recycle it for youFrom $90.00
How it works
Book online, set out your microwave and we’ll pick it up and recycle it for you. You see your price before you book and pay only after pickup.
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Monroe County ecopark (10 Avion Drive)County service · Monroe CountyMonroe County residentsFree
How it works
County "one stop drop off" run with WM at 10 Avion Drive, Rochester, NY 14624, for Monroe County residents only. Open Wednesday 1–6:30 p.m. and Saturday 7:30 a.m.–1 p.m. No appointment for electronics, TVs, appliances, tires, scrap metal, rechargeable batteries and recycling; household hazardous waste (including paint) by appointment. Fees (card only): refrigerant appliances $20, tires $7–$40. Self-serve unloading.
Cost & rules
- Self-serve: unload your own items. Monroe County residents only.
- Before you go: Put the inner glass plate in the trash.
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Before you go

Remove the glass turntable; some operators can’t take the glass.
Ask whether it’s priced as an appliance or as electronics.

More about microwaves

New York rules

Microwave ovens, like other household appliances, are not covered electronic equipment under New York's e-waste law. Source: NYSDEC: Recycling Consumer Electronic Waste (opens in new tab)
Household hazardous wastes are household materials that would be regulated as hazardous waste if generated elsewhere; household-generated HHW is exempt from state and federal hazardous waste rules. Source: NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab)

More New York rules (6)

Residents can take HHW to authorized HHW collection facilities or HHW collection events hosted by counties and municipalities; DEC has a map and list of permitted facilities. Source: NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab)
If there is no permitted facility nearby, check with your municipality for periodic one- or two-day HHW collection events. Source: NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab)
The state Environmental Protection Fund can pay up to 50 percent of the cost of municipal HHW collection programs. Source: NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab)
General Municipal Law 120-aa required every municipality, by September 1, 1992, to adopt a local law requiring source separation of recyclables (paper, glass, metals, plastics, yard waste) where economic markets exist. Source: NY General Municipal Law 120-AA: Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials (opens in new tab)
DEC tells residents to check local guidance to see which items their program accepts. Source: NYSDEC: Recycling Resources (opens in new tab)
DEC lists New York collection programs for items that belong outside the recycling bin: beverage containers, carpet, cell phones, e-waste, lead-acid vehicle batteries, mercury thermostats, paint, pharmaceuticals, plastic film, rechargeable batteries and tires. Source: NYSDEC: Recycling and Composting (opens in new tab)

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Where this information comes from

Checked October 26, 2026

NYSDEC: Recycling Consumer Electronic Waste (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Microwave ovens, like other household appliances, are not covered electronic equipment under New York's e-waste law. Checked October 26, 2026.
NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Household hazardous wastes are household materials that would be regulated as hazardous waste if generated elsewhere; household-generated HHW is exempt from state and federal hazardous waste rules. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Residents can take HHW to authorized HHW collection facilities or HHW collection events hosted by counties and municipalities; DEC has a map and list of permitted facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
- If there is no permitted facility nearby, check with your municipality for periodic one- or two-day HHW collection events. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The state Environmental Protection Fund can pay up to 50 percent of the cost of municipal HHW collection programs. Checked October 26, 2026.
NY General Municipal Law 120-AA: Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- General Municipal Law 120-aa required every municipality, by September 1, 1992, to adopt a local law requiring source separation of recyclables (paper, glass, metals, plastics, yard waste) where economic markets exist. Checked October 26, 2026.
NYSDEC: Recycling Resources (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- DEC tells residents to check local guidance to see which items their program accepts. Checked October 26, 2026.
NYSDEC: Recycling and Composting (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- DEC lists New York collection programs for items that belong outside the recycling bin: beverage containers, carpet, cell phones, e-waste, lead-acid vehicle batteries, mercury thermostats, paint, pharmaceuticals, plastic film, rechargeable batteries and tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
Monroe County: ecopark (opens in new tab) · Monroe County Department of Environmental Services
- ecopark is for use by Monroe County residents only. Checked October 26, 2026.
Monroe County: Household Appliances (opens in new tab) · Monroe County Department of Environmental Services
- Non-refrigerant appliances are free: washers, dryers, microwave ovens (glass plate in the trash), ovens/stoves, dishwashers. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Recycling stations are self-serve; residents unload their own items. Checked October 26, 2026.
City of Rochester: At Your Service residential brochure (2024–25) (opens in new tab) · City of Rochester Department of Environmental Services
- The City brochure lists items residents may recycle at ecopark for free and without an appointment, including tube/flat-screen TVs and monitors, microwave ovens and scrap metal. Checked October 26, 2026.

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