City eWaste, Williamson County, Tennessee, offer electronics recycling stations

City eWaste, a Franklin, Tennessee-based electronics recycling franchise specializing in municipal and corporate recycling, has teamed up with Williamson County, Tennessee, to make proper disposal of end-of-life electronics more convenient by establishing five secure drop-off stations at convenience centers in the Tennessee cities of Nolensville, Grassland, Fairview and College Grove and at the Williamson County Solid Waste Department.

The service is free to county residents.

Formerly Franklin eWaste, the company rebranded to City eWaste last summer as it works to expand its services nationwide through a franchise model.

City eWaste works with state and local governments to build or maintain municipal recycling programs. It assists cities in planning, promoting, documenting and hosting collection events for residents in addition to providing container service that includes the container, shipping to the recycling center, recycling fees and a certificate of recycling.

"The city of Franklin stepped up to collect e-waste for Williamson County residents over the past few years. Now, county residents no longer have to travel to the city to recycle, they have five new drop-off stations closer to home,” says Mac Nolen, Solid Waste Director for Williamson County.

“If we can get even half of residents to drop off their e-waste in one of our designated bins across Williamson County, we can really do some good,” says Matthew Rogers, City eWaste founder. “Nothing is going to change until we can get this material to the right place.”

Through the program, City eWaste offers secure disposal of end-of-life electronics using R2-certified recyclers. Properly diverting e-scrap from landfills keeps heavy metals and hazardous materials out of landfills, helping to extend landfill life. At the same time, valuable metals and components are recovered and fed back into the American manufacturing supply chain.

“Keeping e-waste out of our Convenience Center trash will lessen the amount of solid waste going to the out-of-county disposal facility,” Nolen says. “This will be an opportunity for us to do the right thing.”

After spending five years perfecting its municipal recycling playbook with the city of Franklin, Tennessee, City eWaste says it’s proving that midsized communities can address this material stream without large budgets or cumbersome regulations. The company says its franchise model is poised to expand nationwide, leveraging volume-based aggregation and certified processing partnerships to keep costs down and offer a turnkey electronics recycling program for municipalities and counties.

“Everyone has a pile of electronics at home collecting dust,” Rogers says. “Our job is to make getting rid of them feel like the simplest, easiest and most secure option out there. By doing so, we’re closing an enormous residential recycling gap that’s gone ignored for far too long.”

Details on drop-off locations and hours are available on the City eWaste website.