Allied Waste Services (AWS) will pick up eligible items including computer monitors, television sets, TV/VCR combos; computer peripheral items (CPUs, mice, keyboards, printers and scanners) and personal electronics, (cell phones, radios, alarm clocks and hair dryers). They will also pick up bulky items, such as large appliances, furniture and mattresses, on your regular trash day.

Procedure for disposing of E-Waste (prior to placing at curbside):

1. You must make arrangements for this service (which is only available on Wednesdays) by calling Allied Waste Services (AWS) Customer Service at (888) 742-5234. 
2. State that your require an e-waste pickup and what types of items are to be included (i.e., 1 computer, 1 printer, etc.)
3. Label each item. Place a sticker or label on the item and mark it with your address (no need to include your name or phone number)
4. Place item(s) on the curb after noon on the day preceding collection. (If, for some reason, the items are not picked up make sure to remove the items before 6 a.m. the following day.)

• Universal waste is banned from the trash and must be taken to a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Roundup or dropped off at a S.A.F.E. Collection Center.
   
• Universal waste items include household batteries: 
  cell phone and hearing aid batteries; electronic devices
  including TVs and monitors, flat and CRTs, computers (CPU) and laptops, printers, VCRs, cell phones, telephones and cordless phones, answering machines, microwaves, radios; fluorescent tubes and bulbs and other mercury-containing lamps: neon bulbs; mercury-containing devices, thermostats, switches, thermometer, pressure and vacuum gauges, dental amalgam, novelty items, counter weights and dampers, medical devices such as dilators and weighted tubing, certain rubber flooring, and gas flow regulators used in old residential gas meters. 

• Retailers that sell cellular phones and rechargeable batteries must abide by two laws (AB 2901 AB 1125) that require them to have in place, and promote, a system for accepting and collecting these products at no charge to the consumer. For more information on recycling cellular phones and rechargeable batteries, click here.  
• Battery recycling locations in the City of Alhambra include:
  - Alhambra Camera, 121 E. Main St., 626-282-6365
  - Alhambra Car Wash, 707 W. Main St., 626-282-5666
  - Dat Chong Jewelry Company, 1231 E. Valley Blvd. 
    626-308-1848
  - Main Pharmacy, 103 N. Garfield Ave., Ste. D.
    626-576-0890
• Remember to protect your personal information by erasing all cell phone data before recycling your phone. The following website can assist you in removing this information because each cell phone is programmed differently.

Many computer manufacturers will recycle your old computer equipment (most at no charge) when you purchase a new computer through either their online website or a qualified retailer. The following manufacturers offer a computer recycling program, trade-in and/or asset recovery services:

• Apple Computer ( Recycling) 
• Dell Computers ( Recycling and Asset Recovery)
• Gateway Computers ( Trade-In and Asset Recovery)
• Hewlett Packard ( Recycling / Trade-In / Asset Recovery)
• IBM Computers (Asset Recovery)
• NEC ( Collection/Recycling)
• Sony Electronics, Inc. ( Recycling Program)
• Toshiba ( Trade-In)