Recycling Central

Recycling Central operates as an electronics recycling drop-off in Omaha, NE, listed in eCycling Central's directory of Nebraska recycling locations.

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.

What can be recovered from your e-waste

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

• USB flash drive (18g typical) - recoverable: 0.001g gold, 0.005g silver, 0.5g copper, 1g aluminium
• Camera (700g typical) - recoverable: 0.08g gold, 0.45g silver, 55g copper, 220g aluminium
• Drone (950g typical) - recoverable: 0.045g gold, 0.35g silver, 95g copper, 320g 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.