RecycleFirst

Located in Dover, NH, RecycleFirst provides electronics recycling services for residents and businesses across New Hampshire.

Services offered

Donation Program Recycling

What it costs

This is a national program drop-off. National programs typically accept the manufacturer's own brand free of charge, with fees on third-party items or oversized goods (CRT monitors, large appliances). Confirm pricing with the location before drop-off.

What can be recovered from your e-waste

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

• Cables and chargers (220g typical) - recoverable: 0.0g gold, 0.01g silver, 28g copper, 4g aluminium
• Smartwatch / wearable (55g typical) - recoverable: 0.011g gold, 0.1g silver, 4.5g copper, 8g aluminium
• Headphones / earbuds (220g typical) - recoverable: 0.005g gold, 0.05g silver, 9g copper, 12g aluminium

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

Before you visit

**Before you visit:** call ahead to confirm current accepted items and opening hours. Wipe personal data from any device with a hard drive or storage chip. Remove batteries from devices where possible. Some sites charge fees for CRT TVs, large appliances, or commercial-quantity drop-offs.

An average smartphone contains around 0.034g of gold, 16g of copper, and 25g of aluminium. Multiplied across the millions of devices retired each year, those grams add up - which is why a working drop-off network matters.

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