How to recycle (or trade in) your old tech (2024)

By Ale Valeriano March 20, 2023

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Best Buy continues to take action to do better for the planet, our employees, customers, and the communities we serve. That’s one of the reasons we make it easy to get rid of your old tech year-round.

Our recycling and trade-in programs help our customers throughout the lifecycle of their products by keeping old tech out of landfills and giving it a second life. This is all part of how we aspire to drive forward the circular economy — a system in which nothing is wasted.

With50 million tons of e-wastethrown away each year, we make it easy and convenient to repurpose all of your old tech.In fact, we’ve collected 2.7 billion poundsof electronics and appliances for recycling since 2009, making us the largest retail collector of e-waste in the United States.

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Wemake it easy to recycleall kinds of used tech—from camerasandcellphonestorobot vacuums andspeakers. Regardless of where you bought it, how old it is or who made it, you can bring your techto any Best Buy store tohave itrecycled.

Youcan also make the most out ofyourold tech with our trade-in program. Simplyredeemyour techby sending it in or bringing ittoa participating storefor a Best Buy gift cardthat you can useto upgrade to the latest tech.

Here’s what you should know before bringing your electronics in to your local Best Buy:

If you’re trading inyour old tech:

• See if your tech has value by usingour Trade-in Calculator.
• Check out our current promotions fortrading inorrecyclingyour tech at a store.
• Due to local restrictions, we do not offer our Trade-In Program at all store locations, but you can alsotrade in online.We’ll cover the costs for you to ship the item to us and will send an electronic Best Buy gift card for the value of your item once it is accepted.

If you’re recycling:

• Check to see what items you can recycleat your local store and what fees might be associated.
• All U.S. stores offer the in-store programs for customers to bring their old, unused or unwanted tech for recycling, but checkrestrictionsin your statebefore coming in.
• Afteryou drop off your old tech, our trusted recycling partnerswill wipe any remaining data from devices before determining if the product can be repaired, repurposed or recycled,but you can also wipe your hard drive before coming in. Here’s how to do it.
• Ifyou‘re buying amajorappliance or have a few items you need to recycle, takeadvantage ofour Haul-Away servicesand haveGeek Squador Best Buy Home Deliveryrecycle it for you.

Tech recyclingis just one of themanyways we’re working to protect our environment. We have a goal of reducing carbon emissions in our operations by 75% and reducing carbon emissions for our customers by 20% — all by 2030.Wealsosigned The Climate Pledgeand made a publiccommitment to be carbon neutral across our business by 2040, a decade faster than our previous goal of 2050.

Learnmore aboutrecycling your tech at Best Buyhereand our commitment to the environment here.