Recycling Program
Creating a more sustainable planet has long been a vital part of the Panasonic mission. We are pleased to offer our customers easy ways to recycle their old electronic devices.
Find a Recycle Center
Ready to recycle your electronic waste? Find a recycling center near you through the MRM website.
Find a LocationUnder District of Columbia law, if you recently purchased a new covered Panasonic Blu-ray player, DVD player, or TV, you may return any brand of a covered electronic device of the same type for recycling through our program. Visit www.mrmrecycling.com for recycling details.
Per our internal policies all approved recyclers must at a minimum hold a current 3rd party certification to a North American recognized e-waste recycling standard such as R2 or e-Stewards.
Click here to learn more about recycling electronic devices in New Jersey.
Recycle Your Personal Care Device and Get Rewarded
We want to help you do right by the environment, by making it easy, and rewarding, to recycle your old electronic devices.
Just provide us with some information, then send back your old electronic personal care device (shipping is on us!), and receive a new grooming device at a discount . It’s out with the old - sending it off to be responsibly recycled.
Learn About Our Recycling Partners
Our vision is to advance a more circular supply chain -that vision starts with the consumer and ends with our valuable partners.
Our partners will deconstruct electronic devices and evaluate which components are sent for recycling, and which components, especially batteries, can be sent on for remanufacturing in a circular supply chain. Eligible components such as lithium-ion batteries will be remanufactured into critical electronic components.
ERI is the largest fully integrated electronics & IT asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company in the US. With a mission to protect people, the planet and privacy, ERI is certified at the highest level by all leading environmental and data security oversight organizations to de-manufacture, recycle, and refurbish electronic devices in an environmentally responsible manner.
Redwood Materials is creating a closed-loop, domestic supply chain for lithium-ion batteries across collection, recycling, refining, and remanufacturing of sustainable battery materials. Their mission is to build a circular supply chain to power a sustainable world and accelerate the reduction of fossil fuels.
MRM brings manufacturers together to build a circular economy while meeting the need for environmentally responsible recycling opportunities for consumers. Founded by Panasonic and other electronics manufacturers, MRM monitors and manages recycling programs for manufacturers of all types of electronic equipment across the US and in Ontario, Canada.
How to Recycle Electronic Devices in New Jersey
Panasonic partners with MRM to collect Panasonic branded covered electronic devices (CEDs). To find a convenient site near you, please go to www.mrmrecycling.com to find recycling locations, hours, and any limitations on collections.
Under the New Jersey Electronic Waste Management Act, the cost to recycle covered electronic devices (CEDs) shall not be passed on to consumers. For additional collection site information you can go to https://www.state.nj.us/dep/dshw/ewaste/collectionsites.pdf
“Consumer” means a person, small business enterprise, State entity, school district, or local government unit that purchases a covered electronic device in a retail sale. Consumer does not include any business concern that purchases a covered electronic device.
“Covered electronic device” or “CED” means a desktop or personal computer, computer monitor, portable computer, desktop printer, desktop fax machine, or television sold to a consumer. A covered electronic device does not include any of the following: 1. An electronic device that is a part of a motor vehicle or any component part of a motor vehicle assembled by, or for, a vehicle manufacturer or franchised dealer, including a replacement part for use in a motor vehicle; 2. An electronic device that is functionally or physically a part of a larger piece of equipment designed and intended for use in an industrial, commercial, or medical setting, including diagnostic, monitoring, or control equipment; 3. An electronic device that is contained within a clothes washer, clothes dryer, refrigerator, refrigerator and freezer, microwave oven, conventional oven or range, dishwasher, room air conditioner, dehumidifier, or air purifier; or 4. A handheld device used to access commercial mobile data service or commercial mobile radio service, as such services are defined at 47 CFR 20.3.
New Jersey consumers who are not able to bring a CED to a collection site, or those with bulky CEDs, are eligible for free pickup services. Reach out to MRM for more information.