Free Electronic Waste Collection Event for Foster City Residents

For immediate release: June 26, 2023

Contact: Public Works Department, (650) 286-3270, publicworks@fostercity.org

RethinkWaste and the City of Foster City have teamed up to hold a free electronic waste collection event for Foster City residents on Saturday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the City Hall parking lot located at 610 Foster City Boulevard. It is illegal to dispose of electronics in the trash. Do the right thing and recycle your personal or business electronics and computer equipment for free.

Accepted items: Camcorders, cell phones, chips and components, computers, computer monitors, connectors/cables, DVD players, fax machines, keyboards, lab equipment, fluorescent tubes/lamps (limit 5 tubes per residence), laptops, main frames, computer mice, optical drives, PC boards, printed circuit boards, printers, radios, scanners, servers, stereos, storage discs, tape and zip drives, televisions, UPS power supply units, and VCRs.  

Unpermitted items: Household appliances (fans, floor heaters, smoke detectors, vacuum cleaners, etc.), kitchen and large appliances (cooktops, dishwashers, microwaves, ovens, stoves, refrigerators/freezers), and household hazardous waste (motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze, automotive batteries, latex paint, fluorescent lamps, household batteries)

For more information contact the South Bayside Waste Management Authority at (650) 802-3500 or info@rethinkwaste.org. RethinkWaste is a regional agency, formed in 1982 to help local communities manage and reduce waste. For further information on other recycling options, visit www.smcsustainability.org/waste-reduction.

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