Ajo Landfill

Ajo Landfill is one of the recycling services tracked by eCycling Central in North Well Road Ajo, AZ, accepting consumer electronics and other e-waste.

What it costs

Most consumer drop-offs are free for typical household quantities, with possible fees on CRT TVs, large appliances, and commercial-quantity loads. Call ahead to confirm.

What can be recovered from your e-waste

Material composition varies by device, but the typical recoverable yields look like this:

• Drone (950g typical) - recoverable: 0.045g gold, 0.35g silver, 95g copper, 320g aluminium
• E-reader (195g typical) - recoverable: 0.025g gold, 0.2g silver, 12g copper, 28g aluminium
• Smart home device (320g typical) - recoverable: 0.018g gold, 0.14g silver, 22g copper, 18g aluminium

Source: Cucchiella et al. (2015) Recycling of WEEEs; Umicore Precious Metals Recovery datasheets; UNEP Recycling From E-Waste to Resources.

Before you visit

**Drop-off prep:** sign out of all accounts on devices, run a factory reset, remove SIM cards and SD cards, and pull lithium-ion batteries from laptops and power tools where the design allows. Calling ahead saves a wasted trip - hours and accepted items shift seasonally.

An average smartphone contains around 0.034g of gold, 16g of copper, and 25g of aluminium. Multiplied across the millions of devices retired each year, those grams add up - which is why a working drop-off network matters.

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Listing reviewed: April 2026 - sourced from eCycling Central's directory of US recycling locations.