Dive Brief:

• Mayor Bloomberg has launched a curbside electronics recycling program that will encompass 15 buildings across four boroughs.

• Households will be allowed to place electronic devices such as printers, TVs and laptops in a designated receptacle within the building, and the superintendent will then place a call to the city contractor, Electronic Recyclers International, for pickup.

• The program was implemented as a way to make the act of recycling e-waste more convenient for New Yorkers and as a way to bring the e-waste recycling rate up; a prelude to the new state law regulating electronics recycling is scheduled to go into effect in 2015.

Dive Insight:

Electronic Recyclers International was given a 10-year contract to collect and dispose of the e-waste in a proper manner; electronics will be shipped to recycling plants in Massachusetts, not overseas, to be dismantled.

Mayor Bloomberg is pushing recycling efforts, from e-waste to food waste, as his political reign over New York draws to a close, and it appears he would like to leave behind a legacy focusing on the environmental aspects of his time serving the people.