NextStep Recycling

Providing Employment and Keeping Electronic Waste Out of Landfills

Mission

Our mission is to provide technology and training to children and adults who have barriers to employment and education, while protecting our environment and community from hazardous waste.

Vision

Our vision is to be passionate people in service to the world through partnerships, education, training and environmental awareness. We support the education, job training, and placement programs we offer for youth graduating foster care, adults with disabilities, seniors, families leaving domestically violent relationships, migrant worker family members, and underfunded schools and nonprofits.

Our Story

NextStep Recycling is a public, nonprofit community service organization that implements its three-part mission through focused efforts in Lane County, Oregon, other areas of the US, and internationally. We recycle electronic waste and work to keep it out of landfills while teaching people how to fix their broken electronics so they can be used again. NextStep also provides refurbished computers and free software to low-income families and needy individuals.

Since 1999, NextStep Recycling has been working to improve the environment and help those in need. We take donations of computers and other electronic devices, refurbish them, and put them back into the community. We also recycle over 2 million pounds of electronic waste each year. Our 10,000 volunteers have donated over 280,000 hours of service, and 5000 people have enhanced their employment marketability through our training programs.

We Recycle All Kinds of Electronics for Free!

NextStep Recycling is the only volunteer-based nonprofit electronic recycler for residential, municipal, and commercial accounts in Lane County. We serve all of Oregon. You can drop your electronic waste at our site without an appointment or call us for a business pickup. We’re committed to keeping usable electronics out of landfills, so you can feel good about recycling with us. You don’t have to worry about any data or personal information remaining on the device after it’s been recycled. We take care of that for you!

If we can’t fix it, we recycle it for you, working with eSteward and R2 Certified Recyclers. Remember, the Eugene Recycling Center is located near the corner of Jackson St. and W 2nd Ave in the Whiteaker neighborhood.