TV & Electronics Removal · South Shore & South Coast
TV and Electronics Removal
Count On Me! removes old TVs, monitors, computers and other electronics from homes and offices across the South Shore, Bristol and Plymouth counties, Cape Cod and Rhode Island, and sends them to recycling.
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TV removal sounds easy until you try to lift a big tube set or fit a 65-inch flat screen in a hatchback. Massachusetts has banned tube TVs and monitors from the trash since April 2000, and most towns charge per screen or send you to a drop-off day. We carry the TV out of the room, down the stairs and onto the truck, and it goes to electronics recycling. Send a photo and you'll have a price before any work begins.
What we take in TV and electronics removal
We take tube (CRT) TVs, flat screens of any size, rear-projection and big-screen sets, console TVs built into wood cabinets, and the entertainment center they sat in. On the electronics side: computer monitors, desktop towers, laptops, printers, stereo gear, DVD players, game consoles and the box of cables in the closet. The heavy ones are why most people call. An old console set or a projection TV in a finished basement is a two-person carry at least, and we do all of it.
Wipe or pull your hard drives before pickup. Computers and laptops hold your accounts, tax files and photos, and clearing them is your job before anything leaves the house. Once a computer is on the truck it's headed to recycling. A business that needs a certificate of data destruction should send its drives to a certified electronics recycler and let us take the rest of the office equipment.
If a TV still works, tell us. Working electronics may be donated instead of recycled where someone will take them. If it's still on a wall mount, say so in your message and send a photo of the mount.
What this covers
- Single TV pickup, any size
- Tube (CRT), console and rear-projection TV removal
- Flat-screen TV and monitor removal
- Home office electronics: computers, monitors, printers
- Office and business electronics cleanouts
- Electronics as part of a garage, basement or estate cleanout
What’s included
- A price from your photo or a free on-site estimate, before any work begins
- Carrying from any room and any floor, basements included
- Loading and hauling
- Electronics recycling as Massachusetts and Rhode Island rules require
- TV stands, entertainment centers and cables in the same trip
- A sweep of the spot where it stood
What TV removal costs
We don't publish a flat TV price, because a 32-inch flat screen by the front door and a rear-projection set in the basement are different jobs. You get an exact price from a photo or a free on-site estimate before we start, and it covers the carry, the haul and the recycling.
What moves the price: the number of screens; the type and weight, since tube, console and projection sets are far heavier than flat screens; the carry, meaning stairs, basements and distance to the truck; and what else is going. TVs and other screens also cost more to dispose of in Massachusetts than ordinary junk, because they have to go to an electronics recycler, so each screen is priced as its own item.
How to keep it down: unplug everything and clear a path, bundle the cables, and add the rest of what's going to the same visit. If you live in Rhode Island and can lift it, the free state drop-off will cost you less than any hauler. Use it.
How to get rid of an old TV in Massachusetts, and why it's different in Rhode Island
You can't throw a tube TV or monitor in the trash in Massachusetts. On April 1, 2000, Massachusetts became the first state to ban cathode ray tubes from landfills and incinerators, because the glass in a tube TV contains lead. The ban is still on MassDEP's list under 310 CMR 19.017. Flat screens fall under a different rule: older LCD screens lit by fluorescent tubes contain mercury, state law bars mercury-added products from the trash (310 CMR 76.00), and MassDEP tells disposal facilities to pull flat-panel TVs and monitors out of the load for an electronics recycler.
That cost lands on whoever is getting rid of the TV. Towns charge per screen, hold drop-off days, or take TVs only at the transfer station. Fairhaven, for example, takes TVs, CRTs and other electronics at its Arsene Street recycling center, where a yearly sticker is required and charges may apply, and since May 2026 the center is open only Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. If you have the sticker, the day off and a strong back, that's an option. If the TV is a console set in the basement, call us.
Rhode Island works differently. Its e-waste law (R.I.G.L. Chapter 23-24.10) has banned TVs and computers from the state landfill since 2009, and manufacturers fund the recycling. Households can drop off TVs, monitors, computers and laptops free at Resource Recovery in Johnston and at permanent municipal drop-off sites. TVs and monitors count when the screen is larger than 9 inches. If you can get it there, it's free. If you can't, we pick up in Rhode Island too.
Around here, the big ones tend to be in the hardest spots: a projection TV in a finished basement, a console set on the second floor of a Fall River or New Bedford triple-decker, a 1990s tube TV in a Cape cottage that hasn't been touched since the last owner. Tell us where it sits and how the stairs turn, and we'll plan the carry.
How it works
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Send a photo
Call or text us a picture of each screen and the rest of the electronics, the town, and where it sits: basement, second floor, wall mount. Note the screen size if you know it.
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Get your price first
We price from the photo, or come out for a free on-site estimate. You get the exact number before any work begins, with no obligation.
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Clear your data and pick a time
Wipe or remove hard drives from any computer that's going. We book around your day, and same-day pickup happens when the schedule has room.
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We carry it out
The crew does all the lifting and carries the TV upright and in one piece, so no broken glass on your floor. Stands, cabinets and cables go in the same trip.
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Sweep and recycle
We sweep the spot where it stood. TVs, monitors and computers go to electronics recycling, and anything still working is set aside for donation where it's accepted.
TV & Electronics Removal questions
Can I throw an old TV in the trash in Massachusetts?
No. Tube TVs and monitors have been banned from the trash in Massachusetts since April 1, 2000, under MassDEP's waste-ban rule. Older flat screens contain mercury, and state law bars mercury-added products from the trash too, so screens go to an electronics recycler. Your options are your town's transfer station or drop-off day, usually with a fee per screen, or a hauler like us who picks it up and sends it to recycling.
How do I get rid of a tube TV?
Carefully, because they're heavy and the glass contains lead. In Massachusetts a tube TV can't go in the trash, so it goes to your town's transfer station or e-waste day, usually for a fee, or to a hauler. Don't drop it or set it at the curb, where a cracked tube becomes a hazard. Send us a photo with the screen size and where it sits, and we'll carry it out and send it to recycling.
How much does TV removal cost?
It depends on how many screens, how heavy they are and the carry. A flat screen by the door is a small job; a console or projection set from a basement takes more people and time. Screens also cost more to dispose of in Massachusetts than other junk because they must be recycled. Send a photo or book a free on-site estimate and you'll have an exact price before any work begins.
Do you take computers, monitors and printers?
Yes. Desktop towers, laptops, monitors, printers, keyboards, speakers and the box of cables all go in the same trip, from homes and offices. Before pickup, wipe or remove the hard drives, since they hold your personal data. If your business needs a certificate of data destruction, send the drives to a certified electronics recycler and we'll take the rest. Monitors go to electronics recycling along with the TVs.
Where can I recycle a TV for free in Rhode Island?
Rhode Island households can drop off TVs, monitors, computers and laptops free at Resource Recovery in Johnston and at permanent municipal e-waste sites, because the state's e-waste law makes manufacturers pay for recycling. TVs and monitors with screens larger than 9 inches are covered. Check RIRRC's hours before you go. If the TV is too heavy to move or you'd rather not make the trip, we pick up in Rhode Island too.
Can you take a big projection TV or console TV out of the basement?
Yes, that's the job most people call us for. Rear-projection sets and console TVs in wood cabinets are heavy and awkward, and basement stairs make them harder. Send a photo of the TV and the stairway, and tell us if the stairs turn. We'll plan the carry, protect the walls on the way up, and load it in one piece. Nothing needs to be moved before we arrive.
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Send a photo of the TV
Call or text us a picture, your town and where it sits, and you'll have a price before any work starts.