How to Get Rid of an Old TV in Tucson

September 28, 20263 min read

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Old TVs are awkward to get rid of, because the usual options all say no. Here's where one can actually go in Tucson, as of September 2026.

Where it can't go

Not the trash or the blue recycling cart. The City of Tucson asks residents to recycle electronics through a designated electronics program instead of the trash or recycling cart, and it's specific about the blue bin: no electronics.

Not Brush & Bulky. The city's free bulky-item collection takes furniture, appliances and a lot more, but televisions and computer monitors are on its not-accepted list. A TV left in your Brush & Bulky pile stays behind.

Where it can go

The City's household hazardous waste program. Its drop-off at the Los Reales campus (5300 E. Los Reales Rd.) takes electronics, including flat-screen TVs, computers, monitors and printers. It's open Thursday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and closed the second Saturday of the month except in summer. It's free for City of Tucson residents. Residents of Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita and unincorporated Pima County pay a per-visit fee, currently $15.

Community collection events. The same program holds pop-up events that take e-waste. The remaining 2026 dates are October 10 at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds, November 14 at Eastside City Hall, and December 12 at Pima Community College West Campus, 8 a.m. to noon.

Local electronics recyclers. The City's electronics recycling page lists local organizations including Keeper of the Grumper, ACE Recycling and We Care Tucson. Call ahead: what they take and whether they charge varies by item.

The problem with tube TVs

Older CRT "tube" TVs are the hard case. They're heavy, and the city's hazardous waste program does not accept CRT televisions or monitors; it refers them to Suburban Miners instead. Habitat for Humanity's HabiStore won't take non-flat-screen TVs either, and Goodwill of Southern Arizona lists old CRT TVs among the items it can't accept.

If you have a big console or rear-projection set, the first problem is usually just getting it out of the house.

What about donating it?

A working flat-screen may find a second home. St. Vincent de Paul Tucson lists electronics among the items it accepts for pickup. Most charities only want working electronics, though, and the Pima County Public Library's advice is blunt: if a TV or computer is not working, don't throw it in the trash. Recycle it.

When to have it hauled

If the TV is one item among several, or you'd rather not make the drive to Los Reales, electronics and e-waste are part of our standard junk removal, and we carry them out from wherever they sit.

Send the quote form to book online and take twenty dollars off, or call (520) 808-2268.