Throwing away is a real hassle. You often buy a new phone because the old one is broken. So data is on there but you cant turn it on. Get a drill out? Not sure I want to breath in that dust.

Microwave? Might be easier to avoid the fumes than the dust from drilling. Probably easier to drill outside and wear an N95 mask and goggles though.

Just put a soldering iron over the epoxy on the ssd chips, get it really hot to ensure the sillicon gets heated to at least 100C and your data will be gone forever in a completely non-functional chip.

Buy an iPhone and don’t worry about recycling it because storage encryption means it doesn’t matter. You can never plan for when you might lose a device.

No! Take those devices to electronics recycling. They DO NOT go into your municipal trash. Lithium-ion batteries can start fires inside your garbage truck, forcing the truck to dump its flaming contents onto the street. Electronics contain hazardous materials. And electronics contain valuable materials worth recycling. Where I live, it is illegal to put electronics in your municipal trash.