Service
IT Asset Disposition — Connecticut
Hartford and New Haven corridors on regular routes; Fairfield County by arrangement.
The process
- Scoping call
- On-site serialized intake
- Erasure reports + settlement
Service area
Statewide; $1,500 estimated-value minimum in Fairfield County.
Connecticut rules for old computers and the data on them
Household computers, monitors, printers, and TVs are banned from Connecticut's trash. The free drop-off program is for residents only; business electronics fall under the hazardous and universal waste rules, and personal information has to be made unreadable before disposal.
Throwing it away
- Since January 1, 2011, no one may knowingly put a covered electronic device into a landfill or trash incinerator. (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-636)
- Covered devices are household TVs, desktop and portable computers, monitors, and printers; DEEP adds certain tablets and e-readers with screens over 4 inches. (CT DEEP)
Free recycling
- Manufacturers fund a program in which every town offers residents free drop-off; a resident bringing seven or fewer devices at a time cannot be charged. (§§ 22a-631, 22a-635)
- Electronics from businesses, town offices, schools, and non-profits are not covered. Those organizations make their own arrangements, and some towns take their devices for a fee. (CT DEEP)
Rules for businesses
- Business e-waste falls under federal and state hazardous waste law: some of it is hazardous waste, and the rest is managed under the Universal Waste Regulations. (CT DEEP)
- The universal waste rule has a used-electronics category covering computers, peripherals, monitors, copiers, scanners, printers, phones, and TVs. (RCSA § 22a-449(c)-113)
- DEEP tells businesses to recycle through a company registered with DEEP to dismantle used electronics. (CT DEEP)
The data on it
- Anyone holding another person's personal information must destroy, erase, or make unreadable the data, files, and documents before disposing of them. (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-471)
- A violation is an unfair trade practice with a civil penalty of up to $5,000 each. (§ 42-471(e))
- Recyclers in the state program must wipe drives to Department of Defense, NIST, or NAID standards, or physically destroy them. (RCSA § 22a-638-1)
A plain-language summary with the official source for each point, checked September 2026. It is not legal advice. Every drive we take in is erased to NIST 800-88, and the erasure report is yours on request.
Services are delivered by Atlas ITAD LLC — the team behind SellUsedRAM.com and its published Payout Index.
Other services
- Data Center Decommissioning
- NIST 800-88 Drive Erasure
- Electronics Recycling
- School & Office Cleanouts
- Corporate Buyback Programs