I dropped off an old microwave there. At first, I couldn't find the place to leave it. I guess the signage could be better. When I did find the people, they were very friendly and helpful. I would leave ewaste there again. read more

Thank you Evelyn and James for a great experience. The staff is friendly and nice. The place is located at 529A Race Street. The address is clearly visible from the street. The badminton place is on the other side (Courtney N) and the RV place is in the middle. All three businesses are assigned 529 but have an "A" , "B", "C", etc. read more

These people are awesome. Friendly. They took my no-longer fixable cd player, boom box and tablet. The address is actually 529-A.

** Green Mouse is CLOSED, GONE, FINITO!** I called the business number, during their limited hours to confirm location, etc.. It went straight to voice mail. I foolishly continued on, to their outdated, incorrect Race Street location. Sooo irritating - tried to do the right thing - making "greener", sustainable choices. I wasted a lot of gas. Their "green" mojo is SERIOUSLY mucked up IMHO. Don't know if Green Mouse is completely dead or if they're in the middle of a chaotic move and transition. Either way, their voicemail message and website need to be updated. read more

The place to responsibly dispose of e-waste is in the South Bay. They are kind, helpful, and organized. Don't throw your electronics in the trash; take them here. Check their website for the terms and conditions. Some things (displays) require a disposal fee. read more

I was looking to recycle some items on a Saturday and my go-to spot (A&J Electronic Recycling) is only open on weekdays. I have gone to Green Mouse in the past but I found that sometimes they had been picky about what they take. I had a printer, 2 toasters, old light switches, a busted Magic Bullet, and some old battery powered emergency lights. They charged me $20 but took everything which surprised me (I think the $20 charge was specifically for the printer). The guy working there brought the cart over, unloaded my car and I was gone in no time. If I had time during the weekday I would have gone to A&J because they have never charged me in the past but $20 was not bad. Though their address is Martin Ave, I usually enter via the driveway that's between Martin Ave and Robert Ave. on De La Cruz. read more

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I'd been holding onto some old electronics for way too long. During SIP, I went through and collected old laptops and wires to recycle. They've recently moved locations from the Race Street location to a Santa Clara address. It was easy to find. Staff was friendly and prompt. I am very glad this option exists to safely recycle old electronics. read more

For years, I've been using Green Mouse for all my clients' e-waste recycling needs. Evelyn runs a great shop! She's always been super helpful whenever I've called or just dropped into her office. And, the staff is fantastic (read: Long-time employee, James, is amazing)! In a time when we've all wondered, "whatever happened to good customer service?," Green mouse is the poster-company of GREAT customer service. read more

Had to fit rid of a flat screen TV that I just couldn't keep going anymore. One call to these guys, they told me where to drop it off and when I arrived they cheerfully took it and my fee, and I was on my way. Great to know this will be properly recycled instead of leaching pollutants. If you're in the San Jose area and need something electronic ethically disposed of, these guys are great! read more

I chose this electronic recycling place because it's open Saturdays. I email ahead and Evelyn, super friendly by the way, answered even after hours to let me know the dropoff hours for Saturday. When I arrived, James helped me into the parking spot for loading and helped me unload. He was informative and kind. Highly recommend this place in every way. It is a little tucked away, so I missed the first turn into the driveway but I was able to take a second driveway around the corner. read more

Very helpful, and responsive. Unloaded my car for me, quick paperwork, and on my way. Great.

I was told green mouse was super easy and affordable via work word of mouth referral. I looked them up and yelp and loaded up my trunk. I was early and wasn't quiet sure where to park. FYI I was told it is okay to park in the parking lot next to their building. Anyway, the owner was there. Let me drop off my junk early. I paid by CC and was sent both a letter and email confirming my destruction. It felt great getting rid of stuff. I would definitely go back. Apparently they shred paper too (banker boxes). I had been using an on-site mobile shredding company but they were recently acquired and the service isn't the same. Definitely considering throwing green mouse more business. I'd recommend and come back myself. Thanks for quick and painless purging, green mouse! read more

It's a large warehouse with organized piles for unwanted electronics, kind of impressive to see so many electronics at once! Very nice and principled workers, just walk into the warehouse and someone will greet you. They prioritize saving electronics if they can (trying to stay green and reuse). read more

We had 13 old laptops and wanted the hard and SD drives physically destroyed. Green Mouse charges only $10 per hard drive to remove the hard drive from the laptop, and crush it in a devise for that purpose. And you can watch so you know it's been unretrievably destroyed. It was great! Then they recycle every component of each laptop. They are the best. Just call ahead to set up a time and it couldn't be simpler. They are helping the environment. And so are you!! read more

It has been a good time To empty out the saved electronics from the garage and closet. Greenmouse took the old chassis, disk drives, memory sticks and other loose hardware. The hours are good and the location by the airport works really well for me. I have had the occasion to use them twice so far and will use them again. read more

I was laying in bed today when my wife told me her laptop wouldn't turn on and it seemed like it was swollen. Since I don't want my house to burn down I sprinted out of bed, got out my toolkit and removed the enormously swollen battery from her laptop. I didn't think anyone would be open today to get rid of this literal timebomb, so I called and they answered right away. As I pulled up to the location a gentleman walked outside and took the battery from me without me even having to go inside. Thanks! read more

I looked everywhere for a recycling company that picks up large screen televisions for free or low cost. Most junk company pick ups are about $100 minimum. Green Mouse will pick up your old unusable 61" television for $25 with fast scheduling. Most e-waste pick ups are free for business and residential. Best Buy will not do free pick up for televisions over 32" and Fry's charges $40. read more

Green Mouse Recycling is AWESOME! The owner lives in the neighborhood and runs the program to help the workers learn valuable job skills in Silicon Valley. Many of the workers are on government grant programs and learn how to resale or disassemble donated high tech equipment. They'll work with groups for special electronic waste events, but for the average joe/jill you need to schlep your TV, computer, cell phone, etc to their place to drop it off. It is worth checking out their cool tech museum up front - lots of vintage Silicon Valley gear (original Apple, Palm Pilot, Console Game Systems, old tape and film recorders - a blast down memory lane). If you are a maker or an artist you can talk to them about getting low cost/no cost parts for your project. Pretty popular place for folks building stuff for Burning Man and other local events! read more

This guys are the best. Great people working there and you know your stuff is going to right place. I really respect hard working people specifically in this hard times during COVID read more

Had to get rid of some computers and printers. Although they have to charge for printers with lots of plastic, it's only about $5 each. The computers are free to get rid of and they will destroy the hard drive for you. I also got rid of a ton of old cables and misc things. Everyone is very nice there and quick to help. The lady kindly gave me the information on why they have to charge, which has to do mostly with gas charges for trucking the plastic to our poor recycling infrastructure in the USA, now that China has blocked us from recycling our plastic and cardboard. I can recommend dropping off your waste here. read more

Hell yeah I'm reviewing a recycling location. Haters gonna hate! GreenMouse is the best place for any Los Gatos resident to put to rest that old piece of sh%t laptop they have laying around the house once and for all. Not only will they 'correctly' recycle that dinosaur but also shred the internal hard drive before doing so. This way you don't have to worry about your embarrassing cat photo collection secretly hitting the net 10 years down the line. read more

amazing place highly recommended friendly staff and Evelyn the business owner is so kind and helpful.

I needed a place to recycle my old desktop (I wiped the harddrive myself), and GreenMouse was the closest recycling center near me (They are also mentioned as one of the e-waste recycling center on the Santa Clara County website). The drop off was quick and efficient, I just dropped the desktop off, informed the worker, no hassle. The parking can be a bit tricky, the lot is small. Here is their website on what they take for free, what costs a fee and what they don't take. https://gerecycle.com/ewaste-recycling/drop-off/ Overall, great experience read more

Easy drop-off service; my obsolete 24-inch printer cost $20 but I expected to pay. Everything else they took no charge. Recommended

A good recycling center. The owner was friendly, and I got my CRT TV dropped off without incident. I've been there a few times over the years and it has always gone well. Be advised that they have moved, so don't just assume that Waze is going to send you to the right place (as I did). read more

I contacted Green Mouse via email for pick up service. Evelyn responded promptly to my email. I was able to set up a pick up time for the next day. We usually take our items to their drop-off facility, but we had some large items this time. Eduardo and Oscar arrived right on time. They were courteous, helpful and efficient. Thank you Green Mouse for providing such great service. read more

I took a printer to GreenMouse to have it recycled. A worker came out and told me $10. I asked why and he stated that the case is plastic. I told him all electronics have plastic these days. I told him that they didn't advertise a fee for printers. He just shrugged his shoulders. So, I gave him $10 and he disappeared into the building with my money and printer. He did not give me a receipt. I suspect I bought him lunch! read more

They charge for recycling...they have a price list, last updated May 2016.Was told they, "Weren't making any money." There are other free options for TV recycling if you search...Wanted to drop off a 19" tube TV, The fee is per pound.on TVs. In California, we pay a Electronic Waste Recycling (eWaste) fee when purchasing a TV/Monitor. with a screen larger than 4" Why should anyone have to pay GreenMouse an additional fee to recycle TV/Monitors when an eWaste fee was charged at purchase?. read more

I'm not a huge fan of reviewing on-line, I'd rather just thank people in person, but wanted to spread the word about GreenMouse. We FINALLY bought a new flatscreen TV and had to get rid of our very heavy 15 year old tube TV. I Googled green recyclers in the Bay Area because I am concerned about our electronic waste being shipped off to China, where 5 year-olds are paid pennies to sort through mountains of lead-contaminated monitors and other parts. So GreenMouse came up and after reading through their website I felt satisfied that they are legit. I filled out the online form thinking they would get back to me within the 24 hours promised, and lo and behold I got a call about an hour later! She was very nice, confirmed the pick-up address, confirmed I could leave the old unit on the porch and that was that. Came home today, TV is gone! Nicest part, it was FREE. And in addition to guaranteeing that the old electronics are not being shipped offshore and dumped, they give back to the community! It's a win-win. Thanks GreenMouse! read more

After getting lost twice to find this location it was pretty refreshing to have someone at our service and at our car window before we could even turn off the engine. "We take everything," Homeboy said. All we had to do was sign a paper on a clipboard and we were on our way home. We dropped off a broken -microwave -coffee maker -DVD player We were going to take the glass pot of the coffee maker home thinking that they'd deny it because it wasn't "electronic," but the dude said to leave it. So I guess they do take anything. As we rolled away I even noticed a rusty old lawn mower hanging out of their dumpster. Quick Tip: Enter their office and get a kick out of their vintage electronics. read more

Had a great experience at Green mouse recycling. As soon as i arrived i was greeted by a young man named Isaiah. He was super friendly and polite. Also was very professional.upon my arrival, he asked me if i needed any help and proceeded to explain what services they provide. I asked him A LOT of questions and he was very patient and pleasant. His customer service skills were above and beyond. Just wanted to give a big kudos to this young man! If your looking for exceptional customer service come see Isaiah at green mouse read more

I suppose I'm a pack rat when it comes to technology. I had 4 old PCs and 2 old laptops not to mention 2 really enormous CRT monitors and boxes upon boxes of peripherals and cables. I really tried to find new homes for this stuff and even looked into ways it could be repurposed-- It all worked. I did learn early on that there weren't any takers for the dozens of 100 megabyte Zip disks and my 2 Zip drives. Is Iomega even still around or did they go the way of the company who made my beloved PalmPilot. It didn't really matter; it all had to go... I Googled ewaste recycling and found Greenmouse Recycling in San Jose. They were great! Drop off was quick and the people were friendly. read more

I had accumulated 10 years worth of dead PCs, printers, laptops, batteries, phones, and miscellaneous ejunk at my home that I'd piled up in a corner. I'd have to rent a truck to haul it myself, so when I learned that Green Mouse did residential pickups, I called to set up an appointment. I just had to answer a few questions about what was being picked up and agree to a $50 fee, paid at the time of the pickup. The tech arrived on time and made no complaints about hauling all that stuff out of my house, including some 40+ pound tower PCs. So nice to see a patch of floor I haven't seen in years. Great service! read more

The lady on the phone wasn't as friendly as I expected but hey, you can't anticipate friendly customer service from a recycling plant. They don't make money from you. Anyways, this is definitely the place to call if you want to get rid of any big screen TVs. (Free if 50" and smaller or it's $25). I called right before 9 and they promised to pick it up by noon. (which they did). Overall, extremely satisfied. :o) read more

Easy to find, easy to access, and really nice people. I was coming in with a bunch of random e-waste leftover from a school event. The gentleman that assisted me was so helpful, kind, and encouraging. When he was thinking aloud about how to process it, I said I can always take it to the garbage if that's easier. His response, "We don't like to hear garbage - we like to hear recycling!" Swoon! Thank you, thank you Green Mouse. read more

This was my go to e-recycle place. The owner told me they don't want to accept most household appliances anymore, because it's all about the buck, not about actually being "green". All I had was a blender, some unused power/extension cords and a small wood sander. Their staff is awesome and are always nice when you go to drop anything off. Those guys get the 3 stars. read more

We were 4 months past due with our recycling program and the job was thrown to me to handle. Past vendors were not responding to my calls nor were others I attempted to reach out to. Some how I stumbled onto Green Mouse. I loved that they were local and more importantly their efforts with the community. Evelyn was accommodating to all my questions. Their pricing was comparable to other vendors used in the past. It was a snap to schedule the appointment. (hint: approx. count & size is helpful so they can bring out enough containers) The driver (Francisco) was punctual, professional, accommodating to our layout and handled the job post-haste. And to complete the task, Lynne (Acctg) was very helpful with getting my credit card payment completed. I will look to see if Green Mouse can assist with any of our other programs. In the meantime, they can count on our yearly universal waste. ** HIGHLY RECOMMEND ** read more

Awesome place! I had a ton of old, dated electronics from computer towers, cables, telephones, tube TVs, speakers, and a vaccuum. They don't really take appliances without a fee but its not much and it was just really great to get all of it off my hands especially knowing that it wont just end up in a garbage dump. Definitely would reccomend this to anyone who wants to eliminate uneeded, uncessary, or just flatout obsolete electronics. Oh! And also checkout their little museum! It's amazing the amount of things they've collected! read more

Great business run by super friendly people! They take most electronics for free and shred computer hard drives for a reasonable fee.

First thing: the address given in Yelp is incorrect. The correct addy is 442 Reynolds Circle, San Jose, 95112. Their phone number is correct. They can be hard to find, but they put out signs so be sure to follow them. FREE recycling! Super friendly! We went to drop off some e-waste, and were greeted immediately by smiles and thank-yous. They unloaded our car 1-2-3, too. Highly recommended! Be sure to browse their site for what they take in, and what they'll pick up. They do charge for copy machine pick-up ($50, I think), and drop-offs for someone other than yourself (e.g.: if I drop off something for my landlord, I get charged $25). But check the website for exact details. We're planning to go again as we continue to clean out our house and garage. :) read more