Electronics Recycling in Mt. Juliet, TN
Electronics recycling in Mt. Juliet runs through the Wilson County landfill, which the County's Convenience Centers page says "recycles E-Waste, (computers, printers, televisions, microwaves, etc.) and metal." E-waste is the trade's word for discarded electronics; TDEC's list of e-scrap runs from personal computers, monitors and televisions to printers, telephones, copiers and audio equipment. No County page says the convenience centers themselves take electronics, and Metro Nashville's centers refuse e-waste from anyone outside Davidson County. Below are the County and State rules, what a tube set or a laptop battery holds, what each item weighs, which donation outlets take working units, and the national prices with their dates. We quote from your photos, carry out the TVs, computers and printers, and take them to an electronics recycler.
$20 to $200 for electronics, national (Angi junk removal page, updated Sep 30, 2026) · full pricing guide
The electronics prices here are national figures; no survey puts a number on Mt. Juliet, Wilson County or the rest of Tennessee. Angi's e-waste guide, updated Jul 9, 2026, puts disposal by a hired company at $150 to $300, about $200 on average, and Angi's general junk removal guide, updated Sep 30, 2026, says most haulers charge a flat trip fee of $75 to $100 "regardless of how little e-waste you have." Fixr, updated January 31, 2025, prints a TV at $75 to $200 and a computer at $70 to $100. Forbes Home, modified August 20, 2025, runs from $10 to $20 for small flat-screen monitors to about $50 to $75 for large cathode ray or projection TVs. The County's landfill page prints no fee for electronics. The full table is on our national price ranges by item page.
A tube television is the heaviest single item in the electronics rows of EPA's "Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors" table: a CRT (cathode ray tube) set over 19 inches is listed at 73 pounds and one under 19 inches at 41 pounds, against 29 pounds for a flat panel set. It puts a CRT monitor at 40 pounds, a flat panel monitor at 24, a desktop computer at 27, a printer at 16.1 and a laptop at 9.8. Loaded by volume, computer-related electronics run 354 pounds per cubic yard in the same table. The lead and mercury inside these sets, covered below, matter more to where they can go than their weight does.
Wilson County's answer for household electronics is its landfill, at 378 Dump Road, Lebanon. Under "Electronic Waste," the landfill page says "Dispose of your television, old computers, computer package, microwave, etc. at the Wilson County Landfill." It is open "Monday - Friday 7 am - 3 pm," and "All loads entering the landfill must be tarped." The Convenience Centers page adds "For additional E-Waste recycling, contact nearby E-Waste Recyclers," a category in the County's online Resource Directory that listed four entries on October 3, 2026, with no County description or endorsement. Metro Nashville refuses "Any electronic waste from out of county residents," so its centers serve only Davidson County households, such as those in Hermitage and Old Hickory. The landfill's hours and fees are on our landfill hours and check-in rules page.
Two steps are yours before a computer or phone leaves the house. EPA's electronics donation and recycling page, last updated December 19, 2025, says "Delete all personal information from your electronics," and the Federal Trade Commission's July 2022 article says your operating system has a program to "erase all your files from the hard drive and reset it to factory settings." EPA's next step is "Remove any batteries from your electronics; they may need to be recycled separately." Batteries are one of the items we do not haul, so we name each kind's lawful route before the job. On the day we carry the sets and towers out, cover them for the road, deliver them to an electronics recycler and sweep the floor they stood on.
A quote starts with photos or a list: how many televisions, tube or flat, and their screen sizes; how many computers, monitors and printers; whether any still work; and which floor they are on. A working flat screen may qualify under a donation outlet's rules; when one does, we say so before loading and you decide. The quote is free and settled before work begins, and in writing it names what the price buys and shows which charges, if any, are subject to Tennessee sales tax. When the electronics share a garage with years of other things, see how we sort a full garage for the rest of that load.
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Signs a TV or computer haul is worth booking
Many households can carry a laptop or a small flat screen to the landfill themselves. These are the conditions, all visible before anything is moved, where the County's hours, Metro's residency rule, the outlets' refusals or the weight of a tube set make a hired haul the practical choice.
- A console or tube television sits in the house, and EPA's table lists a CRT set over 19 inches at 73 pounds.
- Weekdays are taken, and the landfill's page lists only "Monday - Friday 7 am - 3 pm" with check-in 30 minutes before closing.
- You live in Mt. Juliet and a Metro Nashville center is closer, but Metro refuses "Any electronic waste from out of county residents."
- The equipment came out of a business, and TDEC says commercial and institutional generators are generally excluded from community collection programs.
- You have more than a few pieces, and TDEC says most community programs serve only "households with a couple of pieces of electronic waste."
- The set is a tube TV, which Habitat's ReStores and Goodwill refuse, or a large console model, which The Salvation Army refuses.
Each one is a reason to send us photos. We leave lithium batteries, paint and other household hazardous waste behind and name a lawful route for each before the job; the Mt. Juliet disposal guide covers those routes for the whole house.
What is inside a tube TV, a flat screen and a laptop
Old electronics hold metals worth recovering and a few substances that need careful handling. EPA's page on electronic waste, last updated September 10, 2026, names them: "Beryllium, Brominated flame retardants, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, Zinc." Tube sets carry the lead. EPA's cathode ray tube page, last updated October 23, 2025, places that lead "in the funnel glass," and EPA's demolition guidance puts the average at four pounds per older television or monitor. LCD flat screens bring mercury: EPA's consumer products page, last updated March 30, 2026, says mercury is used in LCD screens and monitors, and that televisions made before 1991 may contain mercury switches. TDEC's BOPAE page gives the rule of thumb that "any electronic product with a circuit board or a battery will have hazardous characteristics," and cites an EPA study finding that 40% of the lead in U.S.
landfills comes from discarded electrical and electronic products. The same materials are why recovery pays. EPA says that for every million cell phones recycled, 35 thousand pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold and 33 pounds of palladium can be recovered, and that recycling one million laptops saves the energy equivalent of the electricity used by more than 3,500 U.S. homes in a year. Nationally, EPA counted 2.7 million tons of selected consumer electronics in 2018, with 38.5 percent recycled; it has no figure for how much was landfilled.
Tennessee and federal rules behind a TV or computer disposal
TDEC's BOPAE page states no Tennessee landfill ban on household electronics, but the State and EPA both steer them toward recycling. TDEC files electronics under BOPAE, which "stands for Batteries, Oil, Paint, Antifreeze, and Electronics," and its page, last updated October 2, 2026, says "County and city convenience centers across Tennessee collect these items for responsible recycling and/or disposal." Federal law treats a household's set differently from a business's.
EPA says a cathode ray tube marked for disposal is hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, yet its frequent-questions page, last updated April 15, 2026, says "Used CRTs discarded by households are considered 'household hazardous waste' and are exempt from hazardous waste regulations (40 CFR section 261.4(b)(1))." TDEC draws a similar line for community programs: "Commercial and institutional generators are generally excluded and are required handle their e-waste directly." The collectors themselves need no State permit for that work, by TDEC's note that "facilities that collect used or discarded electronics for recycling do not require a permit." TDEC's mobile household hazardous waste collections no longer take electronics, and its page says "Electronics - contact your local Solid Waste Department for guidance," which in Wilson County leads to the landfill. Some programs may charge for tube sets; TDEC's BOPAE page says "There may be a small fee for certain items, such as $5 for CRT/monitors," and Wilson County's landfill page prints no electronics fee.
Lithium-ion batteries and why they come out before the haul
Lithium-ion batteries are the fire risk in an electronics load. EPA's used lithium-ion battery page, last updated March 20, 2026, says "Lithium-ion batteries and devices containing these batteries should NOT go in household garbage or recycling bins," because a battery "may become damaged or crushed in transport or from processing and sorting equipment, creating a fire hazard." EPA's July 2021 report found 64 waste facilities that had 245 fires caused, or likely caused, by lithium batteries between 2013 and 2020, in 28 states, at sorting plants, in garbage trucks and at landfills. The batteries came from small consumer devices, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, hoverboards and e-cigarettes. TDEC's BOPAE page says "Lithium batteries must not go in the trash or into recycling containers" and that their terminals need taping with non-conductive material; it lists greeting cards, external cell phone batteries, remote vacuums, power tools and earbuds among the places they hide.
EPA's advice is to "tape battery terminals and/or place lithium-ion batteries in separate plastic bags," then take them to a separate recycling or household hazardous waste collection point. Wilson County's centers list "Batteries" for recycling without naming types, and lithium and button batteries were among the typical items at the County's household hazardous waste collection held October 3, 2026. Loose batteries are left with you, and the route that fits each kind is named before the job.
Landfill run, donation, take-back or a hired haul
There are four ways to be rid of an old TV or computer in Mt. Juliet. Which fits depends on whether the item works, whether it is a tube set, and whether someone can drive to Lebanon on a weekday before the landfill's check-in cut-off.
Drive it to the County landfill
The landfill on Dump Road in Lebanon takes televisions, computers, printers and microwaves, and its page prints no fee for them. It opens Monday to Friday only, check-in closes 30 minutes before the 3 pm close, and an untarped load is turned away. This suits a weekday you can spare, an open truck, and sets you can lift.
Donate a working flat screen
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville takes TVs that are "flat screen AND flat back" but no computers, monitors or printers. Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee takes flat-screen TVs only, and The Salvation Army refuses "Televisions older than 5 years." This suits a newer flat screen that still works.
Use a maker or store take-back
EPA says "Manufacturers and retailers offer several options to donate or recycle electronics," and TDEC's BOPAE page names manufacturer and retailer take-back programs. This suits a single laptop, phone or printer you can carry in, once you have wiped it and taken out its batteries.
Hire us to carry it out
Photos or a list get you a price up front; then we carry the sets and towers out, cover the load and take it to an electronics recycler. This suits tube TVs, upstairs rooms, a home office's worth of equipment, or a Wilson County household that cannot reach the landfill on a weekday.
Electronics Recycling FAQs
Where can I dispose of electronic waste?
In Wilson County, at the County landfill on Dump Road in Lebanon, which the County's pages name for televisions, computers, printers and microwaves. It is open "Monday - Friday 7 am - 3 pm," turns away untarped loads and prints no electronics fee. Beyond the landfill, the County points to its "E-Waste Recyclers" directory, and TDEC's household hazardous waste page sends electronics questions to "your local Solid Waste Department." Davidson County residents use Metro's East, Ezell Pike and Omohundro centers instead.
How do I get rid of my TV for free?
Drop it at the Wilson County landfill, where the County prints no fee for electronics, or donate it if it qualifies. Habitat's Greater Nashville ReStores take TVs that are "flat screen AND flat back," Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee takes flat screens only, and The Salvation Army refuses "Televisions older than 5 years." Habitat and Goodwill both refuse tube sets. Metro Nashville's no-fee e-waste drop-off is for Davidson County residents only.
Where can I donate working electronics in Wilson County?
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville's ReStore in Lebanon takes flat-screen, flat-back TVs but refuses computers, monitors, printers, scanners, copiers, cell phones and tube TVs. Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, with a donation center listed in Mt. Juliet, takes flat-screen TVs and refuses tube sets. The Salvation Army, whose Nashville Area Command lists no location in Wilson County, takes TVs and microwaves that still operate and are not built-in, but not sets older than 5 years. TDEC adds that some charities accept functioning electronics.
How much does electronics pickup cost?
National surveys put it at $20 to $200 (Angi, updated Sep 30, 2026) or $60 to $200 (Fixr, updated January 31, 2025), with a TV at $75 to $200 on Fixr's table. Angi and HomeAdvisor (updated Jun 19, 2026) both say most companies charge a flat trip fee of $75 to $100. None of those surveys has a Mt. Juliet or Tennessee figure. Our own quote costs nothing, arrives before anything is lifted, and spells out what it covers.
Do I need to wipe my computer before you haul it?
Yes, and it is the owner's step. EPA's first instruction is "Delete all personal information from your electronics," and the Federal Trade Commission's July 2022 article says to erase the hard drive with the program your operating system provides, after backing up the files you want to keep. EPA's next instruction is to take out the batteries, which we leave with you along with a lawful route for each kind.
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