Laptop Computers

With their portability and convenience of use, laptop computers have quickly grown in popularity over the past few years. Coffee shops, airports, college lecture halls -- they're everywhere!

If your current laptop no longer works or you're due for an upgrade, consider these repair and reuse options. Laptops can also be recycled at one of the collection sites below.

Where to go

• All of Santa Barbara County (5)

  • Best Buy —
  • Craigslist —
  • E-Bay —
  • Junk Recyclers — 6520 Platt Avenue #650
  • Santa Barbara Computer Recycling — 5378 Dariesa Street

• Carpinteria Area (1)

  • City of Carpinteria ABOP Center — 5775 Carpinteria Ave

• Santa Barbara Area (8)

  • *South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
  • A-American Self-Storage — 20 South Calle Cesar Chavez
  • Apple Store — 928 State Street
  • Goodwill Industries of Santa Barbara — 302 W. Carrillo St
  • Goodwill Industries of Santa Barbara (Drop-Off Location Only) — 335 S. Milpas Street
  • MarBorg Industries — 119 North Quarantina Street
  • Office Max — 219 East Gutierrez Street
  • United Family Association Thrift Store — 5156 Hollister Avenue

• Goleta & UCSB Area (3)

  • *South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
  • Best Buy — 7090 Marketplace Drive
  • Staples — 7015 Marketplace Drive

• Santa Ynez Valley (2)

  • *Santa Ynez Valley Recycling and Transfer Station — 4004 Foxen Canyon Road
  • Waste Management — 97 Commerce Drive

• Lompoc Valley & VAFB (7)

  • AL&S, Incorporated — 101 South H Street
  • City of Lompoc Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility — 1585 N. "V" St
  • City of Lompoc Landfill (Scalehouse) — Avalon Rd (south end)
  • Goodwill Industries Lompoc — 1009 North "H" Street
  • LampRecycling.com — 2200 Oden Avenue, #100
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base Balfour Beatty Communities Self-Help Store — 603 Juniper Street
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services — Building 11590, 1205 Utah Avenue

• Santa Maria Valley (7)

  • Best Buy — 2326 South Bradley Rd
  • City of Santa Maria Landfill, aka City of Santa Maria Regional Landfill — 2065 East Main Street
  • Extra Space Storage — 401 Farnel Road
  • Goodwill Industries Orcutt — 3486 Orcutt Road
  • Goodwill Industries Retail Store — 1539 Stowell Center Plaza
  • Office Depot — 1427 South Bradley Road
  • Waste Management — 1850 West Betteravia Road

• Cuyama Valley (2)

  • *New Cuyama Transfer Station — 5073 Highway 166
  • *Ventucopa Transfer Station — Highway 33

• Outside Santa Barbara County (20)

  • Apple —
  • Best Buy —
  • Clean Harbors, Inc. — 880 W Verdulera St
  • e-Bay Rethink Initiative (e-bay and Earth 911) —
  • Earth911.com – Information Only — 3481 Plano Parkway
  • Eco Lights Northwest Recycling Progam — 2200 6th Avenue South
  • Epson —
  • Greendisk — 1988 18th Avenue, Suite B
  • Greenspot Dropoff, Inc. — 4712 West Magnolia Boulevard
  • Hewlett Packard —
  • LampRecycling.com — 2200 Ogden Avenue, #100
  • Lenovo —
  • LG Electronics —
  • Recycled Goods.com — 3820 North Ventura Avenue
  • Samsung —
  • Sharp —
  • Sony Trade-In and Recycling Program —
  • The Big Green Box — 125 East Commercial Street, Suite A
  • Toshiba —
  • Waste Management Incorporated, Think Green from Home —