Electronic waste is bought for what can be recovered from it, not for what it weighs. Gold, palladium, silver and copper sit in the boards, connectors and contacts, and the plastic and steel around them carry almost nothing. Two pallets of identical weight can differ several times over in what they return.
That is why mixed loads are sorted and priced by category rather than quoted as one figure. A server board, a consumer motherboard and a power supply board are three different products with three different rates. TDA Midwest sorts your material, grades it, and shows you how it graded out before anything is settled.
A load quoted on gross weight alone is priced on its steel and plastic — the part that carries nothing. The chassis and housings are handled as scrap and priced as scrap. The value is in the boards.
TDA Midwest Corp buys electronic scrap from registered businesses, recyclers, IT asset disposal companies and commercial suppliers. Whole units are fine — we handle deconstruction. If you are unsure which category your material falls into, send photos.
Motherboards, server and backplane boards, telecom boards, memory and card stock, finger boards, down to low-grade consumer and power supply board. Sorted into grades and priced per grade.
Rack servers, switches, routers, telecom and networking gear. The highest-value category we buy, because the boards and connectors carry more precious metal than consumer equipment.
Desktops, laptops, workstations and their internal components. Whole units accepted. Remove batteries before sending, or tell us and we will handle them.
Hard drives, SSDs, memory modules, processors and heatsinks. Processors and memory price well above their weight and are worth separating out.
Also buying power supplies, wiring harnesses, electronic control modules from vehicles and industrial equipment, and telecom backplane. Ask if your material sits between categories.
Sorted material prices better than mixed, because mixed loads are priced cautiously until they are broken down. If you do not know the grades, send it unsorted — we will grade it and show you the result.
Lithium and lead-acid batteries must come out before shipping. If a unit cannot be separated easily, tell us in advance and we will handle it here.
Boards and small components need boxing so nothing is lost in transit. Whole units can go loose on a pallet. Call before a first shipment and we will walk you through it.
Quick answers on what we buy, how grading works and who we buy from.
No. TDA Midwest Corp buys from registered businesses only, including recyclers, salvage operations, IT asset disposal companies and commercial suppliers. We are a buyer and processor, not a public drop-off recycling point. A first transaction requires business registration and the applicable state license.
Collection minimums vary by material type, volume and location. There is no minimum for material delivered to our Aurora facility, though deliveries are by appointment.Call us and we will confirm whether your volume qualifies for a scheduled pickup.
Send photos and approximate weights and we come back the same business day.
Send photos and approximate weights and we will tell you what you have. On a first load we will show you how your material graded out, category by category, so you know what to separate next time.
