Elgin Recycling & Scrap Metal offers complete computer recycling options for all end of life electronic products. We recycle computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, and cords within our facility. Elgin Recycling & Scrap Metal filters all E-scrap from our four recycling centers through our R2 certified electronics recycling division (West Dundee, IL), ensuring that your electronics are handled safely and securely. With the help of a high efficiency shredder, meeting strict R2 data sanitization standards for media containing devices. This technology can assist you in meeting compliance standards or government mandates that require complete elimination of sensitive information on media prior to being recycled., including the following:

• GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
• PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry) Data Security Standard
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Guidelines for Media Sanitization: NIST 800-36, NIST 800-88
• HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act)
• PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)
• California Senate Bill 1386
• PIPA (815 ILCS 530/ Personal Information Protection Act 
  
   

With technology switching from CRTs and Plasma to LCD displays there is a large volume of obsolete monitors waiting to be recycled. Monitors should not be disposed of in landfills due to the hazardous waste components within them. The only way to ensure that they are being disposed of correctly is to recycle them with a company that handles it properly. At Elgin Recycling & Scrap Metal, we can offer an environmentally responsible way of recycling your monitors for residents or businesses for a small fee.

We provide service for loads of all sizes, whether you are a homeowner looking to recycle your computer the correct way or a business that has many End of Life computers. We can help coordinate an e-recycling drive in your town or school or pickup loads at your company. Please contact us so we can serve you in whatever recycling capacity you need. Our team is eager and ready to customize a program or solution for you.

If you have an old computer, we recycle any of these parts and accessories:

Besides recycling computers, Elgin Recycling & Scrap Metal also offers battery and cell phone recycling services. To provide you with the best service, we have state certified scales including three (3) truck scales, a state of the art recycling software program, four (4) clean drop-off facilities, and a fleet of DOT certified trucks, flatbeds, and roll-offs to accommodate your recycling needs.

To learn more about our computer recycling services, call us at 847-741-4100 or click here.