Nerd Recycling in Santee provides free residential and commercial e-waste collection across San Diego County from its drop-off facility on Prospect Avenue. Commercial tenants upgrading wired infrastructure often coordinate pickups with electrical contractors such as Keil Electric on Magnolia Avenue, routing obsolete panels and low-voltage equipment through Nerd's certified disposal stream. California law prohibits disposing of computer monitors, televisions, and circuit boards in standard landfill waste, and the Prospect Avenue facility accepts walk-in drop-offs of laptops, desktops, flat-screen TVs, network switches, and rack-mountable UPS battery systems. Offices cycling through copier and IT refreshes — including businesses served by technology integrators at Sharp Business Systems on Argent Street — qualify for no-cost scheduled pickup when recycling two or more qualifying units. The processing pipeline handles cathode-ray tube monitors containing lead and phosphor compounds, lithium-ion battery packs requiring hazardous-material segregation, and enterprise-grade server hardware exceeding 80 pounds through the Prospect Avenue drop-off facility.