This holiday season, lots of people will be getting shiny new toys to play with: game consoles, TVs, computers, tablets, phones and smartwatches. Some people will even get new appliances like refrigerators, dishwashers and other appliances. Even though holiday shopping is down this year, rest assured that  the holidays still add up to a lot of trash and waste.

Electronic waste is a little different than old wrapping paper, though (although you should reuse or recycle that too). Starting on January 1, 2015 in NYC, it will be illegal to leave electronics on the curb as trash. And of course you can recycle your accepted electronics with the Lower East Side Ecology Center at these events going on now:

E-Waste Recycling Event: Park Slope
Saturday, December 13, 2014 @10:00am – 04:00pm
PS 321, 7th Avenue b/w 1st 2nd Streets, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215

E-Waste Recycling Event: Upper East Side
Saturday, January 03, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
Carl Schurz Park, E 86th Street East End Avenue, Upper East Side, New York 10028

E-Waste Recycling Event: East Elmhurst
Saturday, January 03, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
Jackson Heights Shopping Center, enter parking lot at 77th Street b/w 30th 31st Aves, East Elmhurst, Queens, 11370

E-Waste Recycling Event: Union Square
Sunday, January 04, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
Union Square, North Plaza, New York 10003

E-Waste Collection Event: Tekserve
Saturday, January 10, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
Tekserve, 119 W 23rd Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10011

E-Waste Recycling Event: Flushing
Sunday, January 11, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
Queens Botanical Garden, enter parking lot on Crommelin Street, Flushing, Queens 11355

E-Waste Recycling Event: Bronx
Saturday, January 17, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
Bronx Zoo, Crotona Avenue b/w Bronx Park South Southern Blvd, Belmont, Bronx 10460

E-Waste Recycling Event: Prospect Park
Sunday, January 18, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
Prospect Park, Prospect Park West 3rd Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn 11215

E-Waste Recycling Event: Staten Island
Saturday, January 24, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd, parking lot 6, Staten Island, NY 10314

E-Waste Recycling Event: Upper West Side
Sunday, January 25, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
West Side YMCA, W 63rd St b/w Central Park West Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan, NY 10023

E-Waste Recycling Event: Williamsburg
Sunday, January 25, 2015 @10:00am – 04:00pm
McCarren Park, Bedford Avenue just north of N 12th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 11222