Old computer, spare monitor, printer that’s ready to go, gone from the curb. Choose your electronics, see the exact price and book by 2pm for same-day pickup.
Keep the setup you use. Clear out the one you don’t.
The old setup can go
You’ve moved on. Your old electronics haven’t.
The new laptop is working. The old monitor, tower and printer are still taking up a corner. Give the equipment you no longer use a pickup day, with the price settled before anyone arrives.
An exact price for your actual items.
Choose each device and see the total online. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. No visit just to find out the price.
A day to get it done.
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, or choose a future date shown at checkout. Prepare your devices and have them outside before pickup.
Updates through the handoff.
Get a booking confirmation, a text when your hauler is on the way and photos when the pickup is done. Your retired equipment is one less thing to keep track of.
A separate monitor and tower count separately. Small devices and cables have their own box option. Choose what is actually leaving so your price matches the pickup.
Monitor, desktop or laptop.
Choose Computer monitor for each separate display. Desktop computer covers one tower or one all-in-one computer. A laptop is its own item. Add only the devices going.
Printer or office copier.
A printer with a built-in scanner belongs under Printer. A floor-standing copy machine belongs under Office copier. The shape matters more than the brand.
A box of smaller electronics.
Use Box of electronics for small devices, cables and chargers together in one box. For a large or heavy box, unusual contents or separate batteries, send a photo and confirm the fit before booking.
Electronics removal prices in Amherst
First item / additional item
Computer monitor$79 / $19
Desktop computer$79 / $19
Laptop$79 / $19
Printer$79 / $19
Box of electronics$79 / $19
Phone$79 / $19
Office copier$159 / $85
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Prepare devices while they are still indoors and connected. Move them to an accessible outdoor pickup spot once they are ready to leave.
Dropcurb provides removal. Data erasure or certified data destruction is not included. For a device with a battery or condition concern, contact us before booking to confirm whether it can be collected.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
Save the files you want to keep. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions to sign out of accounts and erase personal information. If a device will not turn on, resolve any data concerns before handing it over.
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Separate what stays from what goes.
Unplug the equipment and count the devices in your booking. Set aside any accessories you are keeping. Group the items being collected so the right equipment is easy to identify.
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Arrange the outdoor handoff.
Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation. Add a location photo and access notes. You arrange any carrying from inside your home or building; we load and take away the prepared items outside.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Electronics are no longer accepted curbside and have to be taken to the Amherst Highway Department at 1042 North Forest Road, and the town states that it does not pick up televisions at the curb.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Town of Amherst households delivering electronics to the Highway Department. The town publishes no per item charge for the drop off, and residents call the Highway Department for instructions and hours.
When & how
Take the devices to the Amherst Highway Department at 1042 North Forest Road after calling for instructions and hours, because there is no curbside collection day for electronics.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data from the device before the trip, keep electronics out of the garbage totes, and treat the electronics removed from a disassembled organ as electronics rather than as bulky material.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
Town of Amherst Office of Refuse Control with the Amherst Highway Department
Book the Highway Department for appliances, metal and electronics
An Amherst household with a white goods appliance, a large metal item, small scrap metal or electronic devices.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Households booking the town service. The pickup runs by appointment only twice a month for white goods and large metal, and electronics and small metal are dropped at the Highway Department, with refrigerator and freezer doors required to be removed under subsection 169-5.E-2.
Arrange it
Call the Office of Refuse Control to book the twice monthly white goods appointment, or call the Highway Department for instructions and hours before bringing electronics or small metal to 1042 North Forest Road.
Appointment only for white goods and large metal, eight feet maximum on metal items, tires and propane tanks refused at the Highway Department and at the curb, and the electronics drop off replaces the curbside collection that no longer exists.
Town highway department taking electronics, metal and heavy material
Amherst Highway Department
1042 North Forest Road, Amherst, NY
Electronic devices, small manageable metal items including pipes and gutters up to eight feet, and brick, stone and concrete that residents are responsible for disposing of after contacting the department.
Call for instructions and hours before a trip, keep metal items to eight feet or less and break gutters down, and leave tires and propane tanks out entirely because the department does not accept them and they are not collected curbside.
By telephone only: the page directs residents to call the Highway Department for instructions and hours rather than publishing a window.
The town publishes no fee for the drop off and gives hours by telephone, so confirm what the visit costs, if anything, and when to arrive when the department is called.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Electronics removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Amherst.
How much does electronics pickup cost in Amherst?+
A computer monitor is $79 as the first item and $19 as an additional item. Choose the actual devices and quantities to see your combined price online. A separate desktop tower and monitor are separate items. Loading, transportation and disposal are included; review the total and any applicable tax before payment.
Can you pick up old electronics today in Amherst?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup. Choose from the dates shown at checkout and have the prepared items outside according to your confirmation. We text you when your hauler is on the way and provide photos when the pickup is done. The booking is for a day, not an exact arrival time.
Does computer removal include my monitor and printer?+
Desktop computer covers one tower or one all-in-one computer. Add a separate monitor, printer or laptop as its own item if it is going too. For small devices, cables and chargers together, choose Box of electronics and check the description before booking.
Do you erase data from old computers?+
Data erasure and certified data destruction are not included in Dropcurb removal. Back up the information you need, then follow the manufacturer’s sign-out and reset instructions before pickup. If a device cannot be erased or contains sensitive business information, arrange suitable data handling before giving it away. Completion photos confirm the pickup, not data destruction.Official guidance
Can I book one box of old cables and small electronics?+
Yes. Box of electronics is an existing option for small devices, cables and chargers together in one box. A monitor, desktop computer and printer each have their own item option. Send a photo before booking for a large or heavy box, unusual contents or separate batteries so we can confirm the fit.
Where do televisions and computers go in Amherst?+
To the Highway Department at 1042 North Forest Road. Electronic devices can no longer be accepted curbside, and the town states that it does not pick up televisions at the curb at all, so the drop off is the route. Call the Highway Department first for instructions and hours.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Amherst?+
The Town of Amherst collects garbage and recyclables weekly in town issued totes, with the Office of Refuse Control answering service questions, and the Highway Department handling the separate streams: white goods and large metal by appointment twice a month, electronics at the Highway Department, and fall leaf pickup on its own schedule.Official guidance
What does electronics recycling cost in Amherst?+
No charge. Town of Amherst households delivering electronics to the Highway Department. The town publishes no per item charge for the drop off, and residents call the Highway Department for instructions and hours. Electronics are no longer accepted curbside and have to be taken to the Amherst Highway Department at 1042 North Forest Road, and the town states that it does not pick up televisions at the curb. Take the devices to the Amherst Highway Department at 1042 North Forest Road after calling for instructions and hours, because there is no curbside collection day for electronics.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a couch or a mattress in Amherst?+
Put it at the curb with the garbage. Furniture, mattresses and box springs are all named among the bulky items residents may set out, and each piece counts against the limit of eight items a week in addition to the totes. Carpet has to be cut, rolled and tied under sixty pounds, and pianos and organs have to be disassembled first.Official guidance
How do appliances and electronics leave Amherst?+
By appointment and by drop off rather than at the curb. White goods such as refrigerators, ovens, washers and dryers are collected by the Highway Department by appointment only twice a month, with refrigerator and freezer doors removed first, and electronics are no longer collected curbside at all, so televisions and computers go to the Highway Department at 1042 North Forest Road.Official guidance
When does Amherst collect yard waste?+
Separately from April 1 through November 30, in garbage cans with lids removed, bushel baskets with solid bottoms and two handles, or two ply paper yard waste bags under sixty pounds, with no plastic bags or plastic tied bundles. From December 1 through March 31 yard waste goes out with the garbage, fall leaves are collected by the Highway Department, and the compost facility at 560 Smith Road opens to residents on April 1.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Give your old electronics a pickup day.
Choose what’s going. See the price. Clear that corner in Amherst.
