Around here, they have periodic recycling events at local lets-get-high skools. They collect hazardous material and electronics junk.
The last one I went to was a madhouse. All the feeder roads to the location were a traffic jam. I had to sit in line for close to an hour, the nazis that were running the event were rude and nasty, and when I finally got to where my junk was unloaded, one moron let one of the carts they were using roll down a hill and it put a nice dent in the side of my car.
Never again. There are other ways to get rid of stuff.
A neighboring town has huge containers near their public works building; people go there and dump their own. Works fine.