Lane County HHW Collection Center

Lane County HHW Collection Center is one of the recycling services tracked by eCycling Central in Avenue Eugene, OR, accepting consumer electronics and other e-waste.

Services offered

Recycling

What it costs

Municipal drop-offs are usually free for residents within the served jurisdiction, with proof of residency required (driver's licence, utility bill). Commercial-quantity drop-offs and certain devices (CRT TVs, refrigerators) may incur fees.

Oregon e-waste law

Oregon's Oregon E-Cycles Program (ORS 459A.305-355) (2007) governs how electronics must be disposed of in this state. The law uses an manufacturer responsibility and covers computers, monitors, TVs, printers.

Fee structure: Free for households, small businesses, and nonprofits up to 7 items per visit

Penalty for illegal disposal: Up to $25,000 per day per violation

Key requirements: Landfill ban since 2010. Free drop-off at every collection site within 10 miles of 95% of population.

Source: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

What can be recovered from your e-waste

Material composition varies by device, but the typical recoverable yields look like this:

• Air conditioner (50000g typical) - recoverable: 0.0g gold, 0.2g silver, 4500g copper, 8500g aluminium
• Refrigerator (90000g typical) - recoverable: 0.0g gold, 0.1g silver, 3800g copper, 4500g aluminium
• Washing machine (75000g typical) - recoverable: 0.0g gold, 0.15g silver, 5200g copper, 2900g aluminium

Source: Cucchiella et al. (2015) Recycling of WEEEs; Umicore Precious Metals Recovery datasheets; UNEP Recycling From E-Waste to Resources.

Before you visit

**Drop-off prep:** sign out of all accounts on devices, run a factory reset, remove SIM cards and SD cards, and pull lithium-ion batteries from laptops and power tools where the design allows. Calling ahead saves a wasted trip - hours and accepted items shift seasonally.

Modern integrated smelters (Aurubis, Umicore, Boliden) can recover the precious metals embedded in circuit boards. Drop-off sites like this one are the first link in that recovery chain.

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Listing reviewed: April 2026 - sourced from eCycling Central's directory of US recycling locations.