Electronic Recycling and Trading

I went there with a few old flat screens an a few old printers. I think i had an old cpu also. The guy who came out was new, but VERY helpful. He even showed me around because i was curious. Multi — million dollar shredder that does automatically sort into recycleable piles. Yes you do pay for old big monitors but we figured out mine would be $ 3 if i were charged, which i wasnt. I even had some non computer things (metal, wood) in my truck. they took those too. Good business. Hope they make it. Like many good businesses tho, making customers feel pleasure is not, and can not be their number one goal so do not go there instead of Trudy’s. Go there so your garbage doesn’t go to a landfill. I picked them over Goodwill just cause everyone brings everything to them and i would like to see a local homegrown business thrive in Austin. Good luck y’all.

I sent ERT an email earlier this afternoon about recycling some old hard drives and CDROM drives and had several responses within a few hours (both a phone call and an email to explain their process).
When I dropped the electronics off, the staff was SUPER helpful in answering all my questions.
They do charge to recycle monitors ($ 11 per CRT) and TVs ($.40 per pound), but you can drop everything else off for free.
When I asked what they recycled, the girl at the front desk said «Literally, anything with an electrical plug.» They can recycle UPS devices, plastics, steel, aluminum, copper, printers, keyboards, computers, hard drives, racks, networking gear, cell phones, cords, batteries, CDs, office phones…
They have a massive shredder that grinds everything down and automatically sorts everything out.
And like I said, they were extremely helpful and friendly.
I’d recommend them to anyone and will definitely recycle more of my old electronics there!

ERT might be great if you are a major corporation. However, it’s definitely not the place if you are an individual who is just trying to do good.
I got false information over the phone:
You pay $ 2 per OLD monitor because it probably contains lead and ERT would actually pay you per pound for your old computers.
In person:
You have to pay $ 7 per OLD computer monitor and they do not pay people. That only applies to businesses.
When I arrived there, no one was at the front to assist me and I waited around before I started walking the hallways. When I finally got some «help» and went to the back to unload several computers, I did the unloading and the guys stood around more than helped. However, they did recommend me to take everything to Goodwill. That was the best thing about ERT.
See my next review on Goodwill and how fabulous they are!!!