Electronics Recycling & E-Waste Removal in Ventura County

Electronics don't belong in the regular trash — and in California, it's actually illegal to throw most of them in a landfill. The California Electronic Waste Recycling Act specifically prohibits disposing of CRT monitors, LCD screens, plasma TVs, laptops, and other covered electronic devices in the garbage. These items contain lead, mercury, cadmium, and other hazardous materials that can leach into soil and groundwater at landfill sites. The fines aren't small, either. The Junk Wizards handles e-waste pickup across Ventura County, western LA County, and the San Fernando Valley, and every item goes to a certified recycling facility — not a dumpster, not a landfill, not a shipping container headed overseas.

Most people know they shouldn't throw their old TV in the trash but don't know what to do instead. The county hazardous waste facility on Olivas Park Drive in Ventura accepts some electronics, but getting a 65-inch flat screen or a garage full of old computers across town is a project most people never get around to. That's where we come in. Call (805) 316-1610, tell us what you have, and we'll pick it up from wherever it is in your house — the garage, a back bedroom closet, the attic, the office. Our crew carries everything out carefully. No dragging TVs across your hardwood floors.

Individual pickups and full-load jobs are both common for us. A homeowner upgrading their living room TV might have one old set to get rid of. A home office refresh might produce two monitors, a desktop tower, a printer, a scanner, and a box of tangled cables. Businesses upgrading their systems might have twenty workstations, a server rack, and a closet full of networking equipment. Small loads and large loads get the same treatment — proper recycling at a certified facility, primarily Simi Valley Recycling Center or other licensed e-waste processors in Ventura County.

The recycling process matters. At certified facilities, electronics are disassembled and sorted by material. Metals like copper, aluminum, and steel are recovered and sent to smelters. Plastics are separated by type and recycled. Glass from CRT monitors and screens is processed separately because of its lead content. Circuit boards go through specialized processing to recover gold, silver, palladium, and other precious metals. Batteries are removed and handled through separate hazardous waste channels. Nothing gets shredded and dumped. The whole point of certified recycling is that each material stream gets handled properly, and the hazardous components never reach a landfill.

Data security is worth mentioning. We don't provide data destruction services, so if your computers, laptops, or external hard drives contain sensitive personal or business information, wipe them before we pick up or remove the drives entirely. Our crew can disconnect hard drives on-site if you want to keep them for separate destruction. For businesses dealing with HIPAA, financial, or client data, we recommend working with a certified data destruction service before scheduling the e-waste pickup. Once the drives are handled, we take care of everything else.

Pricing for e-waste removal follows the same volume-based model as all our services. Small loads — a monitor and a printer, for example — start at $99. Larger loads like a full office cleanout are quoted on-site based on how much truck space the electronics take up. The price covers pickup from inside your home or business, transport, and certified recycling. No per-item fees, no recycling surcharges, no hidden costs. We're open seven days a week, 6 AM to 7 PM, and same-day and next-day pickups are available throughout the Conejo Valley and surrounding areas.