The short answer
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| TV (Under 42") | $62 |
| TV (42" to 65") | $68 |
| TV (65"+) | $73 |
| Computer Monitor | $58 |
| Desktop Computer / Tower | $62 |
| Box of Electronics | $77 |
| Printer (Home / Inkjet) | $58 |
| Printer — Office / Laser (Freestanding) | $71 |
| Copier / Printer (Commercial) | $97 |
| Stereo / Sound System | $52 |
| Speaker System (Large) | $57 |
| Paper Shredder (Freestanding) | $37 |
Minimum $75 per visit. Disposal included. No stair charge, no same-day surcharge.
Why electronics are handled separately
Televisions, monitors and computers contain materials that require specific handling, which is why they go to an electronics processor rather than into a general load. That is true regardless of what any given jurisdiction's curbside rules say.
Bulky programs across this metro commonly exclude electronics for exactly that reason, and the rules differ from city to city — the City of Houston, Bellaire, West University Place, Pearland, Sugar Land and the Katy-area cities all set their own. Check your own city's current bulky-item page before you count on a curbside route, and note that if you are in unincorporated Harris County there may be no municipal collection at all.
The CRT in the hall closet
This is the most common electronics call we get in Houston and it is always the same object: a heavy glass tube television, bought in the nineties, that has been in a closet, a garage or a spare bedroom of a single-story ranch house ever since the flat screen arrived.
They are genuinely heavy — a 32-inch tube set can be well over a hundred pounds — and the weight is all at the front. Two people, and do not try to carry one down attic stairs by yourself. It is $62 under 42 inches, which is almost every tube set ever sold.
Nobody wants it, no charity will take it and no marketplace listing will move it. That is not pessimism, it is just where the market is.
Wipe your data first
Do this before the crew arrives, not after. Sign out of accounts and factory-reset smart televisions, streaming boxes and games consoles. Remove and keep hard drives from desktops if you would rather, or wipe them.
Modern televisions hold account logins the same way a phone does, and a factory reset is two minutes of menus. It is the single most valuable thing you can do before any electronics pickup.
Paper is a separate matter. A freestanding shredder is $37, and boxes of documents should be shredded rather than thrown — an estate or office clear in this city routinely turns up decades of paperwork in a garage.
Office and home-office clear-outs
The Energy Corridor, the Westchase district and the Galleria office belt cycle through equipment on corporate schedules, and the domestic version of that arrives in spare bedrooms across Katy, Cypress and Sugar Land — three generations of monitors, a dead tower, a printer that stopped being supported.
A typical home-office clear: desktop tower, two monitors and a home printer — $62 + $58 + $58 + $58 = $236. Add a standard desk at $83 and an office chair at $61 and you are clearing the room.
For commercial volumes, a freestanding office laser printer is $71 and a commercial copier is $97, and larger quantities price on the truck ladder — quarter $241, half $431, full $732.
What humidity does to stored electronics
Do not assume the boxed equipment in your garage still works. Houston garages and attics cycle through heat and high humidity all summer, and the things that fail first in those conditions are exactly what is stored there: capacitors, power supplies, optical drives, and the foam gaskets inside speakers.
Corrosion on board contacts is common on anything that has been out of conditioned air for a few years. If you were saving a tower to sell, test it before you list it, and expect the answer to be disappointing.
Free routes worth trying
Retailer take-back programs exist for small electronics and vary by chain and by what you are dropping off — call the specific store rather than relying on a national policy page. Working equipment can sometimes be donated, though tube televisions and old monitors are refused essentially everywhere.
Scrappers will take a metal-cased tower or a stereo amplifier from the front of a house. They will not take a glass tube television, and you should not expect them to.
Beyond that, it is a booked pickup — and if it is a CRT on the third floor of a walk-up, that was always going to be the answer.
Frequently asked questions
How much does TV disposal cost in Houston?
$62 for a television under 42 inches, $68 from 42 to 65 inches and $73 for anything larger. Flat, carried out, disposal included, with a $75 visit minimum.
Can I put a TV out with the bulky collection?
Usually not. Electronics are commonly excluded from bulky programs because they need specific handling. Check your own city's current bulky-item page, and note that unincorporated county addresses may have no collection at all.
Do you take old CRT tube televisions?
Yes, at the same $62 price for anything under 42 inches. They are heavy and front-weighted, so the crew handles them with two people.
Should I wipe my devices first?
Yes. Factory-reset smart televisions, consoles and streaming boxes, and wipe or remove hard drives from computers before the visit. It takes a couple of minutes per device.
What about a whole home office?
Price it by item — a tower is $62, a monitor $58, a home printer $58, a standard desk $83, an office chair $61 — or take a truck tier if the list is long. We show both and you take the lower.