In an effort to improve electronics recycling in the United States, the U.S. Postal Service is developing a free national collection program for small electronic items.
They provide pre-paid postage envelopes for small electronics to be shipped to a company that will recycle them. This innovative idea is being tested in a few areas now. Let’s hope it expands to being nationwide.
Many companies that make such things provide printable mail labels for recycling their products which you can get from their website. When my battery for my Nokia cell phone died, I went to their site and found the right mailer and sent it back to them to recycle.