Phone Shredding in New Berlin, WI
Secure cell phone destruction for New Berlin, Milwaukee and Waukesha County, with weekday drop-off on South 171st Street, witnessed shredding, and pickup for company device refreshes.
A retired smartphone can still hold texts, contacts, email logins, and client details, and a factory reset doesn't always clear the SIM card or memory chip inside. Recycle Technologies handles phone destruction at our NAID AAA certified New Berlin Recycling Center, 2815 S 171st St, near I-43 and College Avenue. We take smartphones and older cell phones, working or not, plus other handheld devices that store data, SIM cards and memory chips. Bring phones in on a weekday and watch them destroyed, or have your company's retired devices collected, and keep the certificate for your files.
Our New Berlin Phone Shredding Facility
New Berlin Recycling Center (Waukesha County)
Phone
Hours
Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Arrival
We're on South 171st Street, a few minutes from the I-43 exit at College Avenue. Park in the main lot and check in with staff, who log your devices.
Available Service Options
Drop-off
Weekdays during business hours, no appointment needed, with the choice to watch
Business pickup
Collection for companies within about 100 miles of New Berlin
Mail-in
An electronics recycling kit for one or two devices
Devices We Destroy in New Berlin
A drawer of old phones from a Wauwatosa home office or a cart of retired company smartphones from a West Allis service fleet can both come here. We destroy:
Smartphones
Older cell phones
Phones that are cracked, water-damaged, or won't turn on
Other handheld electronics that store personal or business data
SIM cards
Memory chips
Drives from laptops and desktops go through our hard drive destruction service. Not sure about a device? Call 262-798-3040 before you bring it.
When a Reset Isn't Enough
A reset leaves the SIM card and memory chip untouched in many cases, so data can survive it, and a phone with a shattered screen or a dead battery can't be wiped by its owner at all. Depending on what it takes to make the data unrecoverable, we either physically destroy each device or securely wipe it.
Custody and Proof
Logged on arrival: Devices are recorded when they reach our New Berlin facility.
Secure transport: Phones collected from your site travel straight to our facility.
Witness option: Watch your phones destroyed in person.
Certificate: You receive a certificate once processing is complete.
How Phone Destruction Works
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Choose your option
Drop off on South 171st Street, set up a business pickup, or order a mail-in kit.
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Gather everything
Collect the phones along with any loose SIM cards and memory chips, and note the count.
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Hand them over
Bring them to our facility, give them to our driver, or ship your kit.
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Destruction
Each device is destroyed or securely wiped so its data can't be recovered, with you watching if you choose.
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Paperwork
A certificate confirms your devices were handled securely.
Phone Shredding Options in New Berlin, WI
Drop-Off
Looking for cell phone shredding near you in New Berlin, Brookfield, Greenfield or Muskego? Bring your phones to 2815 S 171st St any weekday between 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM, no appointment needed. Let staff know if you'd like to watch, and give us a call at 262-798-3040 before bringing a large batch.
Old laptops and desktops can come along for hard drive destruction, and file boxes for paper shredding.
View all Recycle Technologies drop-off locations.
Business Pickup
Companies retiring field service, sales or delivery phones, along with hospitals, banks, insurance agencies, law firms, schools, property managers, managed IT providers and government offices, can schedule collection instead of driving devices in. Pickup is a commercial service within about 100 miles of New Berlin, covering Milwaukee, Waukesha, Wauwatosa, Menomonee Falls, Oak Creek, Racine, Kenosha and Madison.
For a quote, tell us:
Location: site address and ZIP code
Device count: how many phones, roughly
Device mix: smartphones, older phones, loose SIM cards or memory chips
Witnessing: whether your team wants to see destruction
Other media: hard drives, laptops or paper going out at the same time
Timing: a one-time refresh or repeat collections
Mail-In
If you only have one or two phones and live too far to drive in, order an electronics recycling kit, pack your devices, and send it back. Our mail-in recycling program page explains the steps.
Phone Disposal Rules in Wisconsin
Cell phones are among the electronics Wisconsin bans from landfills and incinerators, and the ban covers homes and businesses alike (Wisconsin DNR). Phones holding patient, financial, or consumer information also fall under privacy rules such as HIPAA, GLB and FACTA, and Wisconsin requires financial, medical and tax businesses to make personal records unreadable before disposal (s. 134.97).
Milwaukee's city drop-off centers don't accept cell phones, so residents and businesses in the area need another route for secure disposal.
Why Choose Recycle Technologies for Phone Destruction
NAID AAA certified
Data destruction held to an independently audited standard
NIST SP 800-88 aligned
Destruction follows recognized federal media sanitization guidance
Certified operations
R2v3 certified at New Berlin and RIOS certified, run to recognized industry standards
See it done
Witnessed destruction available at our New Berlin facility
SIM cards and chips included
The small parts that hold data are destroyed too
Certificate for your records
Documentation after every job
One stop for every device
Phones, hard drives, paper, and electronics handled by the same team
Since 1993
Over 30 years in recycling and data destruction
Wisconsin Counties We Serve
Waukesha County
Milwaukee County
Racine County
Washington County
Sheboygan County
Fond du Lac County
Dane County
Calumet County
Frequently Asked Questions
- It depends on how many devices you have and the service you choose. Call 262-798-3040 or request a quote.
- You can leave it in. SIM cards are destroyed along with the phone.
- Not quite. "Mobile shredding" usually means a truck that shreds paper at your site, while our phone shredding destroys devices at our New Berlin facility.
- Yes. Chargers, cables, and other accessories can go in with our electronics recycling.
- Yes. New Berlin takes both, so a full desk cleanout can come in on one trip.
Destroy Your Old Phones in New Berlin, WI
Drop phones off on any weekday and watch them destroyed, or send us a device count for a business pickup quote.
