GreenMouse Recycling

Go ahead and take that pile of stuff here! Staff is friendly and willing to help you figure out what they will and will not take. I got rid of a shopping bag of old VHS tapes, cassette tapes, and cds and their cases for $ 6 (totally worth not putting it in the landfill). E-​waste they took for free. (They do *not* take packing materials like styrofoam.) And though the Unilocal photo makes it look like this place is at the back of some creepy parking lot, it’s actually right on the street – very safe!

A couple of years ago I used Green Mouse to pick up quite a bit of electronics for free. Without a 2^nd thought I decided to donate more of the same items to them. This time I brought it myself and I was shocked to see that they charge now! Green Mouse wanted me to pay for the items I was donating. The gentleman brought me a price list that was way expensive! If I paid them per item as listed I would have paid hundreds of dollars!
I decided not to pay them and go to the city recycle company not far from them. They took all items and they even wanted to pay me! I just wish Green Mouse would have the price list on their website so that I didn’t waste my time going there.

Awesome place! I had a ton of old, dated electronics from computer towers, cables, telephones, tube TVs, speakers, and a vaccuum. They don’t really take appliances without a fee but its not much and it was just really great to get all of it off my hands especially knowing that it wont just end up in a garbage dump. Definitely would reccomend this to anyone who wants to eliminate uneeded, uncessary, or just flatout obsolete electronics.
Oh! And also checkout their little museum! It’s amazing the amount of things they’ve collected!

I had a large CRT tv to recycle. It was really heavy. They unloaded it from my car and took it in. I recycled a number of my old electronics as well. They were very helpful and nice.

We were 4 months past due with our recycling program and the job was thrown to me to handle.
Past vendors were not responding to my calls nor were others I attempted to reach out to. Some how I stumbled onto Green Mouse. I loved that they were local and more importantly their efforts with the community.
Evelyn was accommodating to all my questions. Their pricing was comparable to other vendors used in the past. It was a snap to schedule the appointment. (hint: approx. count & size is helpful so they can bring out enough containers) The driver (Francisco) was punctual, professional, accommodating to our layout and handled the job post-​haste. And to complete the task, Lynne (Acctg) was very helpful with getting my credit card payment completed.
I will look to see if Green Mouse can assist with any of our other programs. In the meantime, they can count on our yearly universal waste.
** HIGHLY RECOMMEND **

I had accumulated 10 years worth of dead PCs, printers, laptops, batteries, phones, and miscellaneous ejunk at my home that I’d piled up in a corner. I’d have to rent a truck to haul it myself, so when I learned that Green Mouse did residential pickups, I called to set up an appointment.
I just had to answer a few questions about what was being picked up and agree to a $ 50 fee, paid at the time of the pickup. The tech arrived on time and made no complaints about hauling all that stuff out of my house, including some 40+ pound tower PCs. So nice to see a patch of floor I haven’t seen in years. Great service!

Very easy! We called asking if the devices were free of charges and it was! We drive up and a young man came and helped us unload. We just filled in our address and phone and that was it! Great place to recycle your unwanted devices!!!

Went to GreenMouse computers to drop off some E-​Waste I had pilling up in my room, and was very surprised at how friendly and helpful the staff was. I pulled up and some one came out with a cart to help me unload everything. Unloaded a bunch of CPUs and laptop’s, signed for the drop off and I was on my way.
I’ve used them since and I always get a warm welcome and quick service. Highly recommend Green Mouse.

Ok so i went in to look for a remote for my TV because I had heard that they sell stuff like that here when I came in there was a American lady occasion maybe middle aged and she was being so rude to this one customer we both walked in around the same time and I guess you would do some shopping too when you pick up an item the American or white lady whatever she was walked up to the gentleman and just straight up snatch the item out of his hand I couldn’t believe what I was looking at I mean I didn’t understand why she’s being so unprofessional and if she maybe knew him from before I’m not sure but it was ridiculous I had never seen anybody any business owner T customer then that way I don’t understand how nothing’s been done about this I don’t understand why other employees have reported her it was just blew my mind I have to give props to that customer because he held his composure and he said nothing to her he was very respectful if I was him I think I would have slapped that lady with my hand and then with the lawsuit that’s ridiculous never in my life have I seen such unprofessional behavior from a business I will never ever come back to this place and I will never ever recommend it to anybody steer clear from this place that lady is bad news and rude as hell!

Green Mouse Recycling is AWESOME!
The owner lives in the neighborhood and runs the program to help the workers learn valuable job skills in Silicon Valley. Many of the workers are on government grant programs and learn how to resale or disassemble donated high tech equipment. They’ll work with groups for special electronic waste events, but for the average joe/​jill you need to schlep your TV, computer, cell phone, etc to their place to drop it off.
It is worth checking out their cool tech museum up front — lots of vintage Silicon Valley gear (original Apple, Palm Pilot, Console Game Systems, old tape and film recorders — a blast down memory lane).
If you are a maker or an artist you can talk to them about getting low cost/​no cost parts for your project. Pretty popular place for folks building stuff for Burning Man and other local events!

Today I went to drop off some electronics at recycling event at a local school. In the past, this was always free, so I was horrified when this group of scruffy looking guys in their 20’s to 30’s (not the boy scout troops or whomever who’s done this in the past) told me I’d have to pay $ 40 to drop off a couple of small bags of computer cords and cables, 2 DVD players, a small microwave, and a brass lamp. I thought I was being gouged so I left without dropping anything off.
I went home and called Green Mouse and the friendly owner told me I might have to pay as much as $ 20 to drop off my stuff. She explained why they have to charge now, which made total sense to me. Anyway, I took my stuff there immediately and they only charged me $ 10. I don’t mind paying a nominal fee when disposing of recyclables because the price of these commodities is very low right now and so they can’t sell it for as much as they could in the past when it was free to drop off.
I recommend this business. The owner was great! The guy who unloaded my van was fast and helpful. The price was reasonable… too much of this stuff goes into the landfills and this business helps makes sure what can be reused gets reused.
They also have a room full of vintage items from 1900-​about 1960 that is fun to look at… old typewriters, records, cameras, computers. Fun!

They don’t do free pickups, which is what I was clearly told when I called up. I think they should do free pickups for large items like TVs, I am sure they make money out of recycling them especially if the TV is usable!
Then I went ahead and called
(Second Life Management) and they picked up my TV and speakers for free within couple of hours!

Not sure if all of these people are getting free pick ups as stated but it is not true. Just called and spoke with an intern, as he identified himself as, and he let me know that they will charge us $ 25 to pick it up. HEADS UP!

Great service. Called them on Monday to schedule a pickup for an old CRT TV, the guy showed up on time and was very courteous.
Best of all? This is all Free. Five start service!

Super nice people, clean environment, easy access and very helpful. I brought in a 300 pound Sony TV and they unloaded it for me, no extra help from me or charges. Cool little museum of old electronics. They also took my old laptop, removed the hard drive and crushed it in a special device before my eyes for an extra $ 5, well worth it for the peace of mind.

Great help! THey take drop offs and offer pick ups as well. Staff is absolutely friendly and good on the phone as well as in personl.

Awesome place to get rid of old electronics. Super quick and simple, staff comes to your car and collects your old treasures and boom that’s it. Most items are free to drop off unless you have bigger items, i.e. TV’s or microwaves. Great service in the area!

We were a first time customer and couldn’t have asked for more.
conveniently located: Right off 280 on Race street off of Meridian.
Pull up up parking, carts readily available to the left. Someone approached us quickly, asked a couple questions and quickly whisked our cart away. We didn’t have to leave our car!
This place is great. We’ll be back!

I suppose I’m a pack rat when it comes to technology. I had 4 old PCs and 2 old laptops not to mention 2 really enormous CRT monitors and boxes upon boxes of peripherals and cables. I really tried to find new homes for this stuff and even looked into ways it could be repurposed– It all worked.
I did learn early on that there weren’t any takers for the dozens of 100 megabyte Zip disks and my 2 Zip drives. Is Iomega even still around or did they go the way of the company who made my beloved PalmPilot. It didn’t really matter; it all had to go…
I Googled ewaste recycling and found Greenmouse Recycling in San Jose. They were great! Drop off was quick and the people were friendly.

The lady on the phone wasn’t as friendly as I expected but hey, you can’t anticipate friendly customer service from a recycling plant. They don’t make money from you.
Anyways, this is definitely the place to call if you want to get rid of any big screen TVs. (Free if 50″ and smaller or it’s $ 25). I called right before 9 and they promised to pick it up by noon. (which they did).
Overall, extremely satisfied.
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