We down here in So. Calif. (Ventura County) have had electronic recycling for many years.
There are regular annnouncements of Community Day Recycling, say, at City Hall or the Community Center.
Our housing tracts have small-to-smaller yards, so no disposing of anything except maybe for a small pet rat
or two - - -
Good. I'm harsh on government for many things they do, but I think the electronic recycling makes some sense. I felt much better about it once I learned that the people contracted to do the collecting, were repurposing stuff and putting it in the hands of collectors such as myself. I just think it's a shame to shred perfectly good vintage electronics. There's a recycling center ten miles away where I pick up stuff I buy from them. I replace components in vintage computers and make them good as new, and resell them. Couldn't afford to do it without being able to buy components cheaply. For instance, getting a lot of ten hard drives average cost each $1.50 when a single one costs $40 or more on eBay. The vintage stuff is no longer available new, and the old machines won't work with newer stuff (at least not without a lot of customizing - expensive).