YouRenew.com

Located in Science Park New Haven, CT, YouRenew.com provides electronics recycling services for residents and businesses across Connecticut.

Services offered

Donation Program Recycling Refurbishment Resale

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.

Connecticut e-waste law

Connecticut's An Act Concerning Recycling of Electronic Devices (Public Act 07-189) (2007) governs how electronics must be disposed of in this state. The law uses an manufacturer takeback (extended producer responsibility) and covers computers, monitors, printers, televisions.

Fee structure: Free to consumers - manufacturers fund collection

Penalty for illegal disposal: Civil penalties up to $25,000 per violation

Key requirements: Manufacturers responsible for collection costs. Landfill ban for covered devices since 2011.

Source: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).

What can be recovered from your e-waste

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

• 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
• E-reader (195g typical) - recoverable: 0.025g gold, 0.2g silver, 12g copper, 28g aluminium

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

Before you visit

**Quick checklist before you go:** confirm the location's hours by phone, back up and erase any device with storage, separate batteries from devices, and verify whether the site charges for items like CRT monitors or microwaves. Drop-off rules can change without notice.

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.