Service
IT Asset Disposition — Massachusetts
Boston metro through the Berkshires: standard scheduling inside 128, small-lot minimums west of Worcester.
The process
- Scoping call
- On-site serialized intake
- Erasure reports + settlement
Service area
Statewide; $1,500 estimated-value minimum beyond Worcester.
Massachusetts rules for old computers and the data on them
Massachusetts bans only old tube (CRT) TVs and monitors from the trash and has no manufacturer-funded electronics program. Anyone disposing of records with personal information, on paper or on a drive, must make it unreadable.
Throwing it away
- Since April 1, 2000, CRTs, the glass picture tubes in older TVs and monitors, may not be landfilled, burned, or sent to a transfer station for disposal. Flat panels and computers are not on the ban list. (310 CMR 19.017)
- A business must not contract for the disposal of banned items. Loads that contain them can be rejected or charged extra, or bring MassDEP enforcement. (MassDEP)
Free recycling
- MassDEP points residents to manufacturer and retailer take-back programs, which often accept computers, phones, and TVs at no charge. (MassDEP)
- No state law makes manufacturers pay for electronics recycling. A bill to create a program (S.653) was last recorded in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. (S.653)
Rules for businesses
- Intact used CRTs are not hazardous waste as long as they are not disposed of or stockpiled beyond the rules' limits. (310 CMR 30.202)
- Whole circuit boards sent for recycling are exempt from the hazardous waste rules if they carry no mercury switches or relays and no nickel-cadmium or lithium batteries. (310 CMR 30.202)
The data on it
- Anyone disposing of records with personal information must destroy or erase electronic media so the information cannot practicably be read or reconstructed. (M.G.L. c. 93I, § 2)
- A business may hire a third party to do it, and that company must have and monitor policies that protect the information during collection, transport, and disposal. (c. 93I, § 2)
- Improper disposal can bring a civil fine of up to $100 per person affected, capped at $50,000 per instance. (c. 93I, § 2)
- Anyone holding a Massachusetts resident's personal information must keep a written security program, which includes choosing service providers able to protect it and requiring that by contract. (201 CMR 17.03)
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.
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- Electronics Recycling
- School & Office Cleanouts
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