Best Buy
Best Buy is a drop off option to recycle many different items. Some items can be traded in for a Best Buy gift card or savings on a new purchase of same product type.
Trade In & Recycling Specials
See all specials Best Buy’s current trade-in promotion website page.
- Save 10% off eligible WD and SanDisk storage devices when you recycle any HDD or SSD (USB excluded) storage device. Offer valid 4/17/22 – 1/27/24.
- Save $30 or $50 off select Epson scanners when you recycle any scanner.
- Save $30 or $50 off select Epson printers when you recycle any printer.
- Save up to $50 off the purchase of select HP Smart Tank or HP Laser Tank printers when you recycle an old printer. Offer ends 4/1/23.
- 15% off a new modem, router, gateway and In-Home Wi-Fi Setup service when you recycle any modem, router or gateway. Offer valid 1/4/22-12/31/23.
- $450 Best Buy Gift Card available with trade in of iPad Pro 12.9″ (4th gen.) 1TB or newer.
Trade In Items for Gift Cards
Check website for trade in value of items. If item has a trade in value you can take it to your local Best Buy store or main in your item for a Best Buy gift card.
Look up your electronics to see if Best Buy is purchasing.
- Cameras
- Cell Phones: iPhone, Samsung, Google Pixel mobile smart phones
- Computers: Laptops, Desktops, Apple Notebook, Microsoft Surface Laptops
- Health equipment: handheld massage devices
- Gaming Hardware: Gaming Consoles, Handheld Game Systems, Gaming Controllers: Xbox, PlayStations, Wii, Nintendo Switch
- Smart Home Remotes and Streaming Media such as Apple TV, Amazon Echo
- Tablets and eReaders
- Video Games
- Wearable Technology including Smartwatches, Airpods, Activity Trackers, and Headphones
Recycle Drop-off Items
Recycle most items for free (free if no fee mentioned). Kiosks are located at the front of the store for smaller items. See Best Buy website for limits on number of items.
Appliances
- Fans
- Vacuums: robot vacuums, stick vacuums, upright/canister vacuums
Audio
- Alarm clocks
- Amps and effects
- Audio mixers/DJ turntables
- CD players/recorders
- CD/cassette players
- Chargers
- Home audio networking
- Home recording interfaces
- HTIB/soundbars/speakers
- iPods/other MP3 players
- MP3 speakers
- Speaker systems
- Personal recorders
- Receivers/boomboxes
- Satellite radio
- Turntables
Cameras & Camcorders
- Binoculars
- Camcorders
- Digital cameras
- Digital photo frames
- Lenses
- Memory cards
- SLR cameras
Car Audio, Video & GPS
- CB radios/scanners
- Decks
- In-dash GPS
- Outdoor GPS
- Portable GPS
- Radar detectors
- Security systems
- Speakers/amps
- Wiring harnesses and install kits
Cell Phones
Computers & Tablets
- All-in-one computers
- Battery backups (UPS)
- Cables and connectors
- CD/DVD drives
- Computer speakers/controllers
- Desktops
- E-readers
- Hard drives
- Ink/toner cartridges
- Laptop batteries
- Laptops (limit of five per household per day)
- Memory
- Mice and keyboards
- Modems/routers/hubs
- Monitors ($29.99 fee per item)
- Netbooks
- Printers/scanners/fax
- Sound/video cards
- Tablets
- Web cams
Home
- Cables and connectors
- Curling irons
- Fans
- Hair dryers
- Hair straighteners
- Monitoring systems
- Pedometers and heart monitors
- Vacuums: robot vacuums, stick vacuums, upright/canister vacuums
- Weather stations
TV & Video
- Battery backups (UPS)
- Cables and connectors
- DirecTV set-top boxes/converters
- DVD/Blu-ray players
- Headphones
- In-dash/overhead DVD
- Internet TV set-top boxes/satellite receivers
- Portable DVD
- Portable media players
- Power inverters
- Projectors
- Remotes/surge protectors
- TiVO
- TVs: Tube TVs smaller than 32″, Flat-panel TVs: LCD, plasma, LED smaller than 50″, Portable TVs ($29.99 fee per item)
- TV antennas less than 3′ long
- VCRs
- Wall mounts
Video Games & Gadgets
- Cables and connectors
- Controllers and keyboards
- Portable gaming
- Portable LCD screens
- Video game consoles
Other Items
- Calculators
- Chargers
- Hands-free headsets
- Landline phones
- Mobile phones
- Recorders
- Shredders
- Two-way radios
- Wireless broadband