Responsible recycling is a service that has associated costs – most importantly proper recycling and disposal methods. Many electronics contain hazardous materials that require specialized disposal. Ensuring that your data are destroyed before leaving our facility also requires detailed attention.
Spectrum Ecycle takes great care to process collected equipment with zero landfill and 100% data destruction.
Fees for Businesses and Organizations
The fees can vary significantly depending on what equipment you have, where it is located within your organization, and what your disposal and data destruction requirements are. In most cases, the final recycling cost is very low. Here are the general fees. Please contact us for a more accurate estimate.
- Pick Up Service: $50 for pick up in the St. Louis metropolitan area (fee is waived for bulk pick up)
- Computer CRT monitor: $10 each (this fee is reduced to $5 per CRT if computer equipment is included in pick up or drop off)
- Bulk VHS tapes, backup tapes, diskettes, cassettes, DVDs, CDs – $.50/lb. (first 5lbs. are free)
- Print/Scan/Fax/Copy devices: NO CHARGE
- Certified data destruction: $10 per hard drive (NOTE: Data are always destroyed as a standard service at no additional fee. The $10 fee only applies if you require a certificate.)
- On-site hard drive shredding (call for price)
- Self-service hard drive shredder rental (call for price)
NOTE: If you are a non-profit organization, please call us about our non-profit pricing.
Fees for Residents
Residents are encouraged to drop off their equipment at our facility. If however, you prefer to have us pick up at your home, the transportation fee is $50 in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Most electronics are no charge. Here are items and services that have a fee.
- Computer CRT monitor – $10
- TV 27 inches and less- $15
- TV 28 inches to 40 inches – $25
- TV larger than 40 inches – $35
- Bulk VHS tapes, cassettes, albums, DVDs, CDs – $.50/lb. (first 5lbs. are free)
- Certified data destruction – $10 per hard drive