Here in NE Italy (at least in my town) is forbidden to take anything from the e-waste center.... 
I'm not sure if it's the law or just waste disposal rules, but i confirm that once it's in the bin you can't take it out
99.9999% of the time it's trash though, back then when it was permitted to take shit back i used to score interesting stuff (mostly old computers when i was into retrocomputing) but i'm talking about 10-15 years ago.
For anything that could possibly be worth something you have to go to flea markets these days
Also, as with our friends in germany, if you bring too much trash you also get to pay extra taxes for that year.
Which kind of makes sense, the idea is to produce as little trash as possible and recycle whatever you can.
Also, since a few years ago when you change any appliance the store can/must (depending on type) take the old one and dispose of it free of charge. Finally this is also happening for furniture.