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Texas Recycles Computers and TVs

Two state-mandated manufacturer take-back schemes covering computers and televisions anywhere in Texas, free at the point you hand the thing over.

Right for you if

  • It is a computer or a television, and you bought it for home.
  • It has to cost nothing.
  • You can get it there under your own steam.
  • You want to turn up without booking.

Look elsewhere if

  • You have no way of getting it there.
  • It is business waste.

Contact and booking

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Book online
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Opening hours
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Website
Official website

Verification

Verified against an official source

Last checked 18 August 2026

That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →

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Why use it

Texas is one of the states that made manufacturers carry this, so it costs you nothing: the law says collection "must be convenient and free at the time of recycling". The catch is that take-back is brand-tied. You go to your own manufacturer's programme rather than a single public drop-off, and TCEQ's page is the index of who runs what. It covers a monitor, a desktop or laptop, and a keyboard and mouse made by the same manufacturer. It is for equipment "purchased primarily for personal or home-business use" only; office, government and nonprofit kit is excluded.

Good for

  • electronics

How it works

How you use it You take it there.
Cost Free. State law requires that collection and recycling "must be convenient and free at the time of recycling", and manufacturers may not charge a separate fee even if they are reimbursed later.
Booking No appointment needed.
Service area Texas
Run by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, a government programme

Where your things go

A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.

Item
Reuses
Donates
Recycles
Disposes of
electronics
Reuses Stated, not named
Donates Stated, not named
Recycles TV manufacturers on the TCEQ list
Disposes of Not published

Does it actually work

The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.

  • Booking

    Needs reports

    No appointment needed.

    TCEQ runs no collection, so booking belongs to each manufacturer's own programme. Only a manufacturer page could settle it, and that is a different entity.

  • Typical wait

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Same reason. Nothing on any TCEQ page states a turnaround.

  • Do they answer

    Their pages

    Yes, for programme questions. 512-239-0010 / [email protected].

  • Restrictions

    Their pages

    Covered computer equipment is a monitor, a desktop or laptop, and an accompanying keyboard and mouse made by the same manufacturer.

    Households only · Not for business waste

  • Who it's for

    Their pages

    Consumers with personal or home-business computer equipment; collection must be free at the time of recycling.

  • Last checked

    Pipeline

    18 August 2026

    Checked against the sources listed on this page.

Where donated things land

The organisations this operator names. The linked ones have profiles here; the rest are named on their pages and not yet checked by us.

  • TV manufacturers on the TCEQ list Named on their pages, not yet checked

What happens to it

  • Recycled
  • Broken down for materials

This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.

What readers told us

Used them recently?

How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.

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