Please note the new hours and please check what we accept.

Hours: Wed-Sat, 11 am - 5 pm


Free Geek aims to promote reuse by repairing or refurbishing systems that would otherwise be recycled. We accept donations of working electronics, provided they follow our donation guidelines.

​​Hardware can be dropped off at the back entrance of our depot (located in the alleyway between Victoria Drive and Salsbury Drive), please do not drop off anything during closed hours, or you may be fined.

End of life electronics that we don't take can be dropped off for recycling at certain Return-It Depots, including the one nearest to us, at 1856 Powell St.

For drop-offs larger than a van's worth of gear, please call ahead so we can be ready. Our loading dock has a 41" height. A docking plate is available. We can accommodate trucks with a bed/box no longer than 23'.

 

Donation Guidelines

Please note: To protect your data ​we have had to limit what we take in at this point. Please ask before bringing us a box of hard drives or hard drives without a computer.

Please only donate items on the list of things we accept. Other items may be rejected at the dock.

Things we accept:

• Drawing Tablets (Wacom or similar)
  
• Desktops - working or non-working*
  
• Computer parts
  
• LCD/LED monitors (We don't take 4:3 square monitors or smaller than 19''
  
• Laptops (please attach the laptop power supply with masking tape/rubber bands if possible)
  
• Keyboards and mice
• Smartphones and cell phones
• Game consoles, cartridges and accessories (Atari, Nintendo, Sega, etc.)

*If you remove the hard drive from your computer, please place the caddy and/or any screws back into the case.

Things we don't accept:

• Printers
• Loose hard drives and enclosures
• Batteries
• Light bulbs
• Books
• Clothes
• CRT monitors*
• Styrofoam
• Televisions
• Kitchen appliances
• Smoke detectors
• General appliances

*We still accept antique CRT monitors - please confirm first. For CRT monitors and other items that we do not accept, please take them directly to one of our downstream recyclers, Return it depot, located at 1856 Powell Street.

All items to be donated must be removed from packaging (unless packaging is unopened) and separated from instruction manuals and driver discs. We do not take packaging, manuals, or driver discs.

Exceptions can be made upon request. If your items are not on this list but you think we could refurbish them, send a picture and written description of the donation to info@FreeGeekVancouver.org

End of life electronics can be dropped off for recycling at certain Return-It Depots, including the one nearest to us, at 1856 Powell St.

 

Data Privacy

Maintaining the privacy is very important to us. When you drop off a computer at Free Geek, our procedures ensure that its data contents will never be looked at, that all of it's drives will be wiped or destroyed.

Free Geek can provide Certificates of Data Destruction for a fee of $10 per drive.

Please note that we do not destroy CDs, DVDs, Floppys or Tape mediums on site. We do send them to a certified ewaste recycler, that have their own certified data destruction policy, however we cannot guarantee that safe stewardship of data, so please make sure sensitive data is destroyed or archived as you will be dropping them off at your own risk.

 

Tips

You can make our volunteers' jobs easier by:

• Untangling cords and coiling them with rubber bands, tape, or twist-ties
  
• Attaching power adapters to their associated equipment
  
• Resetting phones, cameras, and other devices to factory defaults, including erasing all data
  

 

Request Pick Up

We may be able to arrange a pick up from your site as long as you are located in the Greater Vancouver Area. Pickup fees range from $100-$200 depending on volume and location.
Please do an e-transfer to sales@freegeekvancouver.org, or pay your pickup here ​Free Geek Vancouver Donation pick up service | Free Geek Vancouver (myhelcimstore.com)
We are not able to accommodate residential pickups, and we encourage you to ask friends and family to help bring equipment to Free Geek.
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Please fill out this form to request a pick-up. You will be contacted by our Warehouse Coordinator to discuss logistics.