Electronics Recycling

Discarded electronics cannot be dumped together with ordinary household trash or dumped into the landfill. They must be recycled.

To Recycle Electronics:

• Contact your private garbage hauler for specific details.
• Bring the items to the landfill so they may be placed in a recycling container.
• Take the items to a local recycler who handles electronics, including:
  
  
  • Advanced Recycling Systems LLC
    110 South Reid Street
    Sioux Falls, SD 57103 • (605) 332-0862
    
    
  • Millennium Recycling Inc.
    305 East 50th Street North
    Sioux Falls, SD 57104 • (605) 336-1744

  Landfill Fees

  The Sioux Falls Regional Landfill is retaining a contractor to recycle electronics, and the landfill will charge for recycling of large electronics at the rate of $10 per unit for up to three units, and $1 per pound for over three units.

  The rate for handheld electronics is no charge for up to ten units, and $1 per pound for over ten units.

  • Large electronics devices: desktop and laptop personal computers, monitors, mainframe computers, battery backup uninterruptible power supplies, printers, scanners, copy machines, fax machines, televisions, video cassette recorders, laser disc players, digital video disc players, and stereo receivers.
  • Handheld electronics devices: cell phones, pagers, personal digital assistants, handheld video games, calculators, small MP3 players, small compact disc players, small cassette players, small radios, small walkie talkies, and digital and electronic cameras.

  Your garbage hauler may charge you an additional handling fee.

  Free Drop-Off Events

  The City of Sioux Falls Recycling Program will begin hosting Free Electronics Recycling Events on the second Saturday of every month starting April 12, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Events will continue to be held at the contractor’s facility, Millennium Recycling Inc., located at 305 East 50th Street North, Sioux Falls. Participants are encouraged to turn west onto 54th Street North then south on 2nd Avenue into the event on 50th Street North. This event is only for residential electronics from citizens located in the landfill’s service area which includes Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, and Turner counties. Commercial, business, government, or institutional electronics will not be accepted.

  Participation

  Thank you for participating in the Sioux Falls recycling programs. Recycling prolongs the life of the landfill and ultimately saves you money. In addition, since electronics often contain heavy metals and other toxic chemicals, recycling electronics protects both you and the environment.