How to get rid of old electronics

Blockhouse Valley Center. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 423-447-6855

Computers, laptops, and similar equipment go to the recycling drop-off at the landfill. It doesn’t take TVs or monitors.

Bradley County’s recycling page says it no longer accepts electronics. The Urbane Road and Peerless Road facilities still take cell phones.

Not posted. Call 423-562-1811

The Carter County Recycling Center takes TVs and microwaves as scrap metal. The county doesn’t post where other electronics go.

Any of four drop-off sites. Free at the convenience centers for county residents. The landfill charges by the ton.

Not posted. Call 423-623-6498

Not posted. Call 931-484-9328

Not posted. Call 865-828-4881

Any Greene County convenience center takes used computers and monitors. The county doesn’t say where other electronics, such as TVs, go.

Computers and computer parts go to any of the county’s five recycling centers or the City of Chattanooga’s hazardous waste facility. The county centers don’t take TVs, microwaves, or air conditioners, and the city facility doesn’t take electronics other than computers.

Not posted. Call 423-272-2027

Landfill Convenience Center. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 423-727-6921

Working small electronics go to the drop-offs at the Halls, Karns, and John Sevier centers. TVs go in the trash containers at any center. Computers and phones can also go to the City’s hazardous waste facility.

Any of the three convenience centers. Fee not posted.

Athens Recycling Center. Fee not posted. Limit: small electronics that plug into the wall. No TVs over 26 inches.

Not posted. Call 423-334-5850

Not posted. Call 423-442-2497

Not posted. Call 423-346-7487

Not posted. Call 423-338-4527

Roane County Recycling Hub. $5 per item.

Scott County Recycling Center. Fee not posted.

Any of 12 drop-off sites. Fee not posted. Limit: a reasonable amount, as the attendant decides.

Kingsport Transfer Station or Bristol Transfer Station. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 865-992-2666

Not posted. Call 423-753-1652

Not posted. Call 931-684-4651

Not posted. Call 931-723-5139

Any of three drop-off sites. Free. Limit: 100 pounds a day, and one computer system a month.

Not posted. Call 615-446-0019

Any of the nine convenience centers. Free.

Bi-County Landfill. Fee not posted.

Putnam County Transfer Station and Recycling Center. Fee not posted.

Robertson County Transfer Station and Recycling Center. Fee not posted.

Any of three drop-off sites. Fee not posted.

Rutherford County’s recycling page says the centers don’t take paint, TVs, computers, or fluorescent bulbs. Its solid waste page says the Leanna Center has taken electronics, oil-based paint, and fluorescent bulbs since June 2024, and the county’s center map lists electronics at Leanna, Rockvale, and Smyrna.

Resource Authority Transfer Station. $73 a ton, $10 minimum.

The Resource Authority’s rate list charges $73 a ton for electronics. Its recycling page says batteries and electronic waste are $70 a ton.

Any of five drop-off sites. Free for Williamson County residents.

Williamson County’s eWaste page says the electronics drop-offs are open seven days a week, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The convenience centers they sit in have been open weekdays 9 to 5 and weekends 7 to 3 since July 6, 2026.

Wilson County Landfill. Fee not posted.

Not posted. Call 731-423-3020

The Shelby County Household Hazardous Waste Facility takes computers, monitors, and keyboards, one of each per family every 30 days. It doesn’t take TVs.

Tipton County Recycling Center. Free.