what to do with broken appliances/electronics

[possumnumber1.livejournal.com]

Over the years, several of our small appliances have broken - we have a toaster oven, a couple of humidifiers, etc. Now, we are moving and I need to actually figure out how to responsibly dispose of said items. I have looked at the Somerville DPW site but am still not sure what to do with all of this junk. Any suggestions? 

Comments

[rmd.livejournal.com]

I believe that regular small appliances that are not specifically called out as requiring permits or special care, and that don't contain rechargable batteries, can be disposed of as regular trash. If you put them on top of your barrels or otherwise visible, chances are good they won't make it through the night for the trash guys - there's a lot of trash-picking and scrap scavenging that happens around here.

[smacaski.livejournal.com]

Yep, they can be disposed of like regular trash. And yep, I put out my broken KitchenAid mixer with a "Broken" sign on it, and someone still trash-picked it.