Can You Recycle Electronics in Indianapolis for Free?

Yes, for most of it. RecycleForce, Technology Recyclers and Green Wave Electronics take computers, laptops, phones, printers and cords in Indianapolis without charging you, and Goodwill takes computers and their equipment as donations. TVs and monitors are the exception: expect a fee or requested donation of $20 to $29.99 apiece at the drop-offs that post one.

Whichever route you pick, electronics stay out of the trash. Under Indiana’s e-waste law, the one behind the Indiana E-Cycle program, households cannot put TVs, monitors, computers or printers in trash bound for a landfill or incinerator, so electronics cannot go out with Indianapolis curbside or heavy trash pickup. Our guide to Indiana’s e-waste law covers the rest of the rules.

We haul TVs and other electronics out of Indianapolis homes, and our page on TV and e-waste disposal explains how a crew pickup works. The recycler and store fees in this guide are theirs, not ours, as each one posted them when we checked on October 27, 2026.

Which Indianapolis Drop Offs Recycle Electronics for Free?

Three Indianapolis recyclers take most household electronics at no charge, and each one charges for at least some TVs and monitors (the next section has those prices):

• RecycleForce, 816 N. Sherman Drive. A nonprofit that takes almost anything with a cord, free except TVs, monitors, and refrigerant and HVAC items. Open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; honk at the drop-off on the southwest corner of the building and staff will help you unload.
• Technology Recyclers, 8401 E. Washington Street. Takes most computer and electronics items at no charge, batteries of any size included. Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; pull through the gate without blocking the driveway, check in at the office first (or call 800-237-3887 if you cannot come in), and staff will help you unload. Do not drop off outside those hours or when the fence is closed. It also runs public collection events, posted on its events page.
• Green Wave Electronics, 6555 E. 30th Street, Suite D. Takes computers, laptops, cell phones, printers, batteries and cables free, in unlimited quantities. Open Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., with no appointment, and its team helps you unload.

For example, a carload with an old desktop, two laptops, a printer and a bag of chargers costs nothing at any of the three. Add a TV, and the TV is usually the part you pay for. The recyclers take electronics, not the rest of the garage: Technology Recyclers turns away furniture, wood, clothing, tires and household garbage. If weekdays are out, RecycleForce is the only one of the three open on Saturday. Old phones are the easiest item of all: the three recyclers take them free, and so do Best Buy and Staples.

Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana is a fourth no-cost route for computers. Through a partnership with Dell, it takes any brand of computer and the equipment that runs it, such as cords, printers and mice, as donations at its drop-off sites (Goodwill’s donation page).

Marion County residents can also bring electronics, TVs 27 inches or smaller included, to the City’s Saturday ToxDrop sites; our Indianapolis ToxDrop guide has the dates and locations. Household recycling has its own City drop-offs, listed in our guide to Indianapolis recycling drop-offs.

What Does It Cost to Recycle a TV or Monitor in Indianapolis?

Plan on $20 to $29.99 for each TV or monitor at the drop-offs that post a price. Here is what each one listed when we checked on October 27, 2026:

RecycleForce’s explanation for the TV charge points to the old tube sets: CRT televisions contain leaded glass, cadmium and mercury, which cost money to handle safely. Brand can matter too. At Best Buy, for example, a 50-inch Insignia TV goes free, while a same-size flat-screen from another brand costs $29.99.

Call Green Wave at 317-899-0000 for its current TV price before you load up, since it posts no amount and its fees are subject to change. Technology Recyclers takes cash, check or credit card.

Dehumidifiers, air conditioners and other items with refrigerant carry their own fees at all three recyclers. For a fridge or freezer, our Indianapolis refrigerator disposal guide covers the options.

Do Best Buy and Staples Recycle Electronics for Indianapolis Households?

Yes. Both take electronics from households, many items free, within daily limits. Best Buy runs its program at most of its stores, and Staples at every Indiana store; IDEM’s list of registered e-waste collectors, current as of June 2026, names three Best Buy stores and three Staples stores in Indianapolis. Their TV and monitor fees are in the table above.

Best Buy takes laptops, desktops, printers, hard drives, phones, cables and most other home electronics free, no matter where you bought them. Most stores take up to 10 items per household per day, with no more than two TVs, two monitors and five laptops among them. The TV and computer sections of its recycling page still list a three-item daily limit, so call your store before you bring a carload.

Staples takes computers, laptops, phones, hard drives, cables and other personal electronics free with no purchase needed, up to seven items per customer per day, though a store’s general manager can accept more case by case. At Indiana stores it charges $9.99 per printer, which Best Buy takes free, and $2.99 per visit for batteries. It takes no TVs, and it also turns away air conditioners and other appliances, lamps and bulbs, and large electronics. Bring your items to the checkout, where an associate looks them over and accepts them. A store can refuse anything that looks like a health or safety risk, such as a broken monitor not packed in a box or a laptop with a damaged battery, so box a broken monitor before you go.

Which Electronics Recyclers Serve Only Businesses in Indianapolis?

None of the recyclers in this guide serves businesses only; every one takes drop-offs from households. What they set aside for businesses is the pickup and the paperwork, and a business-first website does not mean a business-only gate: Technology Recyclers advertises business pickups first and still takes residential drop-offs at its facility.

• Technology Recyclers picks up free from Indiana businesses but does not pick up at residential addresses (its FAQ). Business customers get a discounted rate on TVs and monitors and can ask for certificates of destruction when they book a pickup.
• RecycleForce asks companies to contact it to arrange a drop-off, and it offers assured destruction for business IT equipment.
• Green Wave prices business, school and organization loads over the phone.
• ERI’s plant in Plainfield, west of Indianapolis, is an IT asset disposition (ITAD) center built around company work such as data center decommissioning. It lists weekday public receiving hours and says it serves individuals too, but it posts no household fee list, so call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT before you load a TV.

The household-only rule runs the other way at the counters. Best Buy recycling is for residents only, and products from businesses and organizations are not accepted. Staples takes personal and consumer electronics only, not business materials, and the City’s ToxDrop takes no commercial waste.

Do Indianapolis Electronics Recyclers Wipe Your Data, or Do You Do It First?

Both. The three Indianapolis recyclers destroy the data on what you drop off, and you should still back up and wipe your phone or computer before it leaves your house.

RecycleForce takes PCs apart by hand, separates the hard drives and destroys them physically. Technology Recyclers guarantees data destruction on every device it collects, and Green Wave destroys hard drives, cell phones and other data-bearing items through the same process it uses for business and government clients.

The stores leave more of it to you. Staples is not responsible for data left on a device, and removing it is your job alone. Best Buy points you to its own tips for wiping a drive before drop-off.

Wiping first protects you until the drive is destroyed. A laptop or phone that will not power on cannot be reset, which is where a recycler’s promise to destroy the drive does the work. Our steps for clearing a phone or computer before you recycle it cover backing up files, resetting phones, tablets and laptops, and wiping or destroying a hard drive.

When Is a Crew Easier Than Recycling Electronics for Indianapolis Homeowners?

When the TV is past the store limits, the drop-off hours land in your workday, or the electronics sit in a bigger pile of junk. For a laptop and a box of cords, a drop-off is the cheaper trip. A crew earns its keep when the hauling is the hard part.

Say you have an old rear-projection TV in the basement, or a flat-screen upstairs that is past the store limits. Neither store counter takes it, and you still have to get it down the stairs, into a vehicle and across town during a recycler’s opening hours. Our two-person crews carry it out for you, along with the old printer, the cords and the furniture headed out with it. With us, TVs and other e-waste carry a $25 surcharge, and stairs cost extra.

You get a booking confirmation right away, a reminder two days out, another two hours out, and a text from the crew when they are on the way. The crew arrives in a branded truck and in uniform, sizes up the load on site and gives you the price there. There is no obligation, and you pay when the job is done. Every crew member finishes a 49-video training course, then four weeks of training and field work, before they take the lead alongside our veteran team leads.

We offer same-day and next-day service, and our page on TV and electronics removal has the details. We run the same TV and e-waste pickups in Bloomington, and if your old set is in Columbus, our Columbus TV disposal guide covers the local options.

What to Do Next

Most of a household’s old electronics recycle free in Indianapolis; the TV or monitor is the part you pay for. Match each item to a route:

• Computers, laptops, phones, printers and cords: RecycleForce, Technology Recyclers or Green Wave at no charge, or Goodwill as a donation for computers and their equipment.
• TVs and monitors: budget $20 to $29.99 each where a price is posted, and check the size limits before you drive to Best Buy or Staples.
• Anything with your data on it: back it up and wipe it first, even though the recyclers destroy the data too.
• A business load: call the recycler first, because the stores and ToxDrop take household items only.
• A TV past the store limits, drop-off hours that clash with work, or a garage full of mixed junk: book a crew and get the price on site.