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Electronics Recycling in
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EACR provides electronics recycling for businesses, schools, healthcare facilities, municipalities, government organizations, warehouses, and other Wisconsin facilities managing retired electronic equipment.

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What Wisconsin Organizations Should Know About E-Waste

Wisconsin prohibits many common electronics from being sent to landfills or incinerators. The disposal ban includes computers, monitors, televisions, desktop printers, computer accessories, cellphones, video equipment, fax machines, and several related devices, regardless of whether they came from a household, business, school, government agency, or institution.

For organizations, these devices can accumulate quickly during IT upgrades, office moves, equipment replacement, facility cleanouts, and technology refreshes. Establishing a recycling process gives retired electronics a defined path instead of allowing old equipment to remain in storage or enter ordinary waste streams.

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How E-Cycle Wisconsin Works

E-Cycle Wisconsin is the state’s manufacturer-funded program for recycling certain electronics used by Wisconsin households and K–12 schools. Manufacturers of covered devices sold into those markets must register with the program and fund a required amount of electronics recycling each year.

Businesses are not eligible to recycle their own electronics through E-Cycle Wisconsin. They are still responsible for properly recycling, reusing, or otherwise managing covered electronics, and some registered collection sites may separately accept business equipment outside the household and school program.

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E-Waste Recycling Options for Wisconsin Facilities

The right collection method depends on the amount of electronics involved, how frequently equipment is retired, and whether your organization is managing a single project or an ongoing stream of e-waste.

Consolidated Commercial Pickups

Commercial pickups allow organizations to combine larger quantities of electronics into a planned collection. They work well for corporate IT refreshes, school technology replacements, healthcare equipment changes, facility closures, warehouse cleanouts, and government equipment replacement projects.

Ship Smaller Electronics to EACR

Smaller approved electronics loads may be handled through a mail-in program instead of arranging dedicated transportation. EACR can review the equipment beforehand and provide the appropriate packaging, shipping, and destination information before material is sent.

Container Service

Facilities that retire electronics throughout the year can use an e-waste container program to consolidate approved equipment as it accumulates. Service can then be arranged based on volume instead of treating every equipment replacement as a separate project.

Common Electronics We Handle From Wisconsin

Wisconsin organizations can include many different equipment categories in an electronics recycling project, such as:

  • Computers and laptops
  • Servers and storage hardware
  • Computer monitors and televisions
  • Printers and office equipment
  • Networking hardware
  • Phones and tablets
  • Circuit boards
  • Batteries and UPS systems
  • Medical electronics
  • Appliances
  • Cables and wiring
  • Solar panels

Have equipment outside these categories? Review EACR’s complete accepted e-waste items list to see what else can be included.

What Happens After You Contact EACR?

Once EACR understands the equipment and scope of the project, the recycling plan can be built around collection, data requirements, documentation, and final processing.

1. Scope

Share equipment types, approximate quantities, your Wisconsin location, preferred timing, and photos when helpful so EACR can understand the project and recommend the right collection approach.

2. Select

EACR reviews volume, site access, and how often equipment is generated, then determines whether pickup, mail-in recycling, or an e-waste container best fits the project.

3. Address Data

Hard drives, SSDs, servers, and other data-bearing devices are identified so required data destruction steps can be planned before the equipment moves further through processing.

4. Record

Once processing is complete, project documentation can include a Certificate of Recycling showing the material handled and confirming completion of the recycling work performed by EACR.

5. Recycle

Electronics are sorted by equipment and material type, then directed into appropriate reuse, repurposing, or recycling streams according to the condition and composition of each item.

Wisconsin Electronics That Cannot Go in the Trash

Wisconsin’s electronics disposal ban covers a broad range of devices. These items cannot be sent to Wisconsin landfills or incinerators and should instead be reused, donated, recycled, or otherwise properly managed.

Covered items include:

  • Televisions
  • Desktop, laptop, netbook, and tablet computers
  • Computer monitors
  • Desktop printers
  • Keyboards, mice, speakers, external drives, and similar accessories
  • DVD players, VCRs, and DVRs
  • TV and monitor accessories
  • Fax machines
  • Cellphones

See our Wisconsin e-waste laws page for a fuller explanation of the state’s electronics disposal requirements.

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Wisconsin Electronics Recycling Questions

Wisconsin prohibits many electronics from landfill or incinerator disposal, including televisions, computers, monitors, desktop printers, cellphones, computer accessories, fax machines, and video equipment.

Businesses cannot recycle their own equipment through the E-Cycle Wisconsin household and K–12 school program. They must still recycle, reuse, or otherwise properly manage covered electronics.

Businesses can work directly with an electronics recycler like EACR Inc. to arrange proper handling of retired computers, monitors, and other equipment instead of placing covered devices into ordinary waste.

Yes. Equipment from several offices, warehouses, schools, or other facilities can often be coordinated as part of a larger multi-location recycling project.

Yes. Certain smaller quantities of approved electronics may be suitable for mail-in recycling after EACR reviews the equipment and provides shipping instructions.

Provide the equipment types, estimated quantities, Wisconsin location, site access details, preferred timing, and photos when available so EACR can properly scope the project.

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