New Yorkers will be able to recycle their dusty dot-matrix printers and cobwebbed computer monitors for free, now that the state has joined 22 others in enacting an electronic waste recycling law.

The USDA reports that 40% of all food produced in the U.S. ends up as waste. Household waste costs families an estimated $1600 a year. When food is thrown into the trash, it ends up in landfills where ...