DSNY's curbside e-scrap collection is now available to all residents in the Bronx. | Felix Mizioznikov/Shutterstock[/caption]
New York City's curbside e-scrap program has grown to serve additional areas of the nation's largest metropolis.
The New York City Departmen
In 2018 Fairfax County collected nearly 1.6 million pounds of scrap electronics. | Lukasz Stefanski/Shutterstock[/caption]
E-scrap collection contracting in Fairfax County, Va.
Communities that want to offer home pick-up of end-of-life electronics must overcome a number of challenges.
In 2016, New York began providing grants to offset municipalities' e-scrap collection and recycling costs.
America's most-populous city will further expand its curbside collection service for e-scrap starting Oct. 1.
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will begin collecting used devices at the curb in western Queens and southern Brooklyn.
Curbside garbage and recycling audits show the amount of e-scrap improperly disposed by New York City households has dropped substantially in recent years.
The New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) 
Processors handling non-CRT devices will be paid 60 cents a pound by the state of California, a 22 percent increase over their current payment rate.
Under California’s 15-year-old e-scrap program, consumers pay an advanced recycling fee when they buy new electronics.
Budget shortfalls are a reality for state programs nationwide, and in Maryland, the strain is increasingly being felt at the county level.
The Maryland Recycling Network (MRN) recently held a webinar that featured Kitty McIlroy, project analyst for the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
An appeals court has ruled against Vizio in a case over how Connecticut's state program calculates the recycling fee it charges manufacturers.
Vizio filed suit against the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in 2015, taking issue with the Constitution State’s allocation of funding responsibility.