Laptop Computers

With their portability and convenience of use, laptop computers have quickly grown in popularity over the past few years. Coffee shops, airports, college lecture halls -- they're everywhere!

If your current laptop no longer works or you're due for an upgrade, consider these repair and reuse options. Laptops can also be recycled at one of the collection sites below.

Where to go

• All of Santa Barbara County (5)

  • Best Buy
  • Craigslist
  • E-Bay
  • Junk Recyclers — 6520 Platt Avenue #650
  • Santa Barbara Computer Recycling — 5378 Dariesa Street

• Carpinteria Area (1)

  • City of Carpinteria ABOP Center — 5775 Carpinteria Ave

• Santa Barbara Area (9)

  • *South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
  • A-American Self-Storage — 1 North Calle Cesar Chavez, Suite 120
  • Apple Store — 928 State St.
  • Goodwill Industries of Santa Barbara — 302 W Carrillo St
  • MarBorg Industries — 119 North Quarantina Street
  • MarBorg Industries' Recycling / ABOP Center — 725 Cacique Street
  • Office Max — 219 East Gutierrez Street
  • Staples — 410 State Street
  • United Family Association Thrift — 5156 Hollister Avenue

• Goleta & UCSB Area (5)

  • *South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
  • Best Buy — 7090 Marketplace Drive
  • MarBorg Industries Recycling/ABOP Center — 20 David Love Place
  • MoveGreen — 747 South Kellogg Road
  • Staples — 7015 Marketplace Drive

• Santa Ynez Valley (3)

  • *Santa Ynez Valley Recycling and Transfer Station — 4004 Foxen Canyon Road
  • Santa Ynez Self-Storage — 322 East Highway 246
  • Waste Management — 97 Commerce Drive

• Lompoc Valley & VAFB (7)

  • AL & S, Incorporated — 209 W. Central Ave, Suite A
  • City of Lompoc Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility — 1585 N. "V" St
  • City of Lompoc Landfill (Scalehouse) — Avalon Rd (south end)
  • Goodwill Industries Lompoc — 1009 North "H" Street
  • Staples — 615 North "H" Street
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base Defense Reutilization and Marketing Organization (DRMO) — Building 11590, 1205 Utah Avenue
  • Vocational Training Center Enterprises Thrift Store — 124 "I" Street

• Santa Maria Valley (11)

  • Best Buy — 2326 S Bradley Rd
  • City of Santa Maria Landfill, aka City of Santa Maria Regional Landfill — 2065 E Main St
  • Extra Space Storage — 401 Farnel Road
  • Extra Space Storage — 2807 Skyway Drive
  • Fortress Secure Mini-Storage — 1281 Furukawa Way
  • Goodwill Industries Orcutt — 1108 East Clark Avenue
  • Goodwill Industries Retail Store — 1539 Stowell Center Plaza
  • Office Depot — 1427 South Bradley Road
  • Staples — 2170 South Bradley Road
  • Vocational Training Center (VTC) Enterprises Thrift Store — 529 South Blosser Road
  • Waste Management — 1850 West Betteravia Road

• Cuyama Valley (1)

  • *New Cuyama Transfer Station — 5073 Highway 166

• Outside Santa Barbara County (21)

  • Apple
  • C.J. Seto Support Services, LLC — 2300 Knoll Dr, Unit G
  • California Materials Exchange (CALMAX)
  • Circuit City
  • Clean Harbors, Inc. — 880 W Verdulera St
  • Dell
  • Earth911.com - Information Only — 14646 N. Kierland Blvd., Suite 100
  • Epson
  • Greendisk — 2200 Burlington
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Lenovo
  • Radioshack — 4500 Ratliff Lane, Suite 108
  • RecycleMatch — 3375 Westpark Drive, Suite 321
  • Recycled Goods.com — 3820 North Ventura Avenue
  • Sears
  • Sharp
  • Sony
  • Technology Training Foundation of America — 8825 Production Avenue
  • Throwplace.com
  • Toshiba
  • e-Bay Rethink Initiative (e-bay and Earth 911)