The short answer
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| TV (Under 42") | $62 |
| TV (42" to 65") | $68 |
| TV (65"+) | $73 |
| Entertainment Center / TV Stand | $96 |
| Computer Monitor | $58 |
| Box of Electronics | $77 |
| Copier / Printer (Commercial) | $97 |
| 3D Printer | $82 |
| Microwave (Countertop) | $30 |
The per-visit minimum is $75. A single $62 television therefore bills at $75 on its own — pair it with the stand it is sitting on and it is $62 + $96 = $158.
Indiana restricts what electronics go in the household trash
Indiana has state-level rules limiting which electronics households may put out with regular waste, and they cover televisions and computer equipment. The specifics get updated, so check the current state and county guidance rather than trusting a neighbor's memory of how it worked a decade ago.
The practical upshot in Marion and the doughnut counties is the same either way: your TV is not a curb item. You either take it to a collection event or a permanent drop-off site, or you have it collected. Both are legitimate. One of them involves you carrying a rear-projection console up a basement stair.
The rear-projection problem
There is a specific television that shows up in Indianapolis houses over and over: the enormous late-90s or early-2000s rear-projection set, bought for watching the Colts, installed in the finished lower level of a Castleton or Nora split-level or a Franklin Township ranch, and never moved since.
It weighs between 150 and 250 pounds, it has no handles, the cabinet is particleboard veneer that tears if you grip it wrong, and it went down those stairs when there were four young men in the family available to carry it. There are not four young men available now.
That set is $73 if it is over 65 inches, $68 if it is not, and it comes up the stairs on straps. There is no stair fee and no weight surcharge.
CRTs, garages and rain
The other Indianapolis classic is the old tube TV in the detached garage. It went out there when the flat screen arrived, it has sat under a sagging 1920s garage roof off an Irvington or Broad Ripple alley ever since, and at some point the roof started letting water in.
A wet CRT is worse than a dry one in every way: heavier, dirtier, and more likely to have the back panel corroded. It still costs the same. But if you are staging a garage cleanout, pull the electronics out from under the drip line first so you are not discovering a puddle of glass and board at the end of a long morning.
Data first, then disposal
Before anything with storage leaves your house, deal with the data. Recycling is not the same as wiping.
- Sign out of accounts and factory-reset smart TVs, streaming boxes and games consoles. Modern sets remember your logins.
- Pull and keep — or physically destroy — the drive out of any desktop or laptop you are discarding.
- Printers and copiers in a home office or a small business keep scanned images on internal storage. A commercial copier is $97 to remove and should be wiped by whoever services it first.
- Empty the photos off old phones and tablets before they go in the box.
This is ten minutes of work that removes an entire category of future regret.
Home office and small business clear-outs
A lot of Indianapolis home offices got built out in 2020 in spare bedrooms in Fishers, Westfield and Greenwood, and a lot of them are now being converted back into bedrooms. The electronics bill for that is usually modest and easy to total.
A typical conversion: computer monitor $58 + computer monitor $58 + box of electronics $77 + standard desk $83 + office chair $61 = $337.
A small office downtown or along the 465 corridor giving up a suite is bigger: commercial copier $97 + cubicle / office workstation $163 + conference table $260 = $520.
Recycling events versus a scheduled pickup
County and municipal electronics collection events happen around the metro, and if you have one small item, a car and a free Saturday morning, they are a reasonable route. Check the current schedule and the accepted-items list before you drive, because both change and both have limits on how many televisions per household.
They stop being reasonable when the item is large, heavy, below grade, or accompanied by four other items. Loading a 200-pound projection TV into a sedan by yourself to queue at a collection event is a plan with a bad ending.
What the price covers
Two people, the truck, the carry from wherever the set is sitting — the lower level of a split-level, a second-floor bedroom in a Butler-Tarkington rental, the back of a detached garage — the loading, and the run to the correct recycling destination. No stair fee, no weight fee, no fuel charge for the far side of Hendricks County.
Frequently asked questions
How much does TV removal cost in Indianapolis?
A TV under 42 inches is $62, a 42-to-65-inch set is $68, and anything over 65 inches is $73. The entertainment center it sits on is $96. Minimum visit is $75, so a single small TV bills at the minimum.
Can I put a TV out with the trash in Indianapolis?
Generally no. Indiana restricts televisions and computer equipment from household trash, and rules are updated periodically, so check the current state and county guidance. Collection events and scheduled pickups are the two normal routes.
Will you carry a big projection TV up from the basement?
Yes. Those sets run 150 to 250 pounds and come up on straps. There is no stair fee and no weight surcharge — a 65-inch-plus set is $73 whether it is by the front door or in a finished lower level.
Do I need to wipe my devices first?
Yes, and please do. Factory-reset smart TVs and consoles, remove or destroy hard drives from computers, and have copiers wiped by whoever services them. Recycling is not the same as erasing.
Can you take a whole home office at once?
Yes. Monitors are $58 each, a box of mixed electronics is $77, a standard desk is $83 and an office chair is $61. For a bigger clear-out the truck-fill ladder applies, starting at $241 for a quarter load.