My laptops just died on me. Both of my personal laptops. Like, they had both been brought back from the brink several times. And they weren't top of the line to begin with. So I decided to find a place to recycle them. I live in a suburb of New Orleans. The city of New Orleans does recycling of electronics, but only to residents of the city. The parish I live in is questionable with recycling, let alone that of electronics. Scrolling thru Google, I saw this place about halfway down, so I emailed them not expecting any response until business hours the next day. Two hours before they were scheduled to open, the owner emailed me. We carried on an email conversation where she confirmed that they can recycle for $5, removal of the hard drive by them would be an additional $5, then $3 for destruction of the hard drive. $30 minimum cost. So the grand total for my two would be $26, but they also offered to take my cheap dollar store calculators for recycling since there was a $30 minimum.
I came after I got off work. I was greeted at the door, welcomed in and taken care of quickly. I was in and out in five minutes. Amazing customer service. Woman owned and operated. I can not recommend this high enough. I will be back when I have more electronics to dispose of. There is even a certificate they give you as proof they have destroyed the hard drive. As curious as I am of the process of recycling electronics, that is a question for another day. Maybe I should email them and ask. read more