Small electrical recycling collection
To find out your collection day, please put your postcode or street name into ‘Services in your area’ in the top right hand side of this page or click on Services in your area and enter your postcode or street name.
Our NEW collection started 18 February 2013
Have you got any small electrical items that are broken or you no longer want? Find out below how you can start recycling them from home as part of our weekly green box recycling collection service or visit us as one of our electrical recycling road shows
It is a waste to throw these away because they can be recycled and made into new things using their valuable metals and plastics - one iron can provide enough steel to make 13 new steel cans.
- What do we collect?
- When and how to put out your electricals
- What happens to the items we collect?
- Further information
What do we collect?
Any small electrical item that has a plug or uses batteries. These items must be able to fit in an average size plastic carrier bag. We cannot take anything larger in this collection.
Yes please - we can take small items including: |
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| Electronic devices |  |
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| Electrical personal care |  |
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| Electrical appliances |  |
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| DIY and garden electricals |  |
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No thanks - no large items. We cannot take items that cannot fit inside an average sized plastic carrier bag. |
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*All these items can be recycled but are too big for this collection. Please take these to your local Recycling Centre instead, or book a larger items collection from the Council for a charge.
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When and how to put out your electricals
We may use different vehicles to pick up your electrical items so don’t worry if your usual recycling has been collected before or after your electricals.
- Please put your small electrical items in an untied carrier bag - don’t worry if these get wet.
- Place the bag next to your green recycling box on your usual weekly collection day by 7am. You can put out more than one carrier bag if necessary.
- Please remove any batteries first and put these in a small plastic bag at the top of your green box.
What happens to the items we collect?
All electricals we collect will be crushed, separated into their different materials and recycled to make new products. Don’t forget to donate any working electricals in reusable condition to charity if possible. See a video showing how electrical items are recycled http://www2.wrap.org.uk/recyclenow_08/how_is_it_recycled/electricals.html
Further information
To find out your collection day, please put your postcode or street name into ‘Services in your area’ in the top right hand side of this page
If your collection is missed, you can report it to us by going to the Report a missed collection page.
Please note we collect on all Bank Holidays except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. For more information please go to Bank Holidays.
To find out where we send your materials for recycling and what happens to them, please go to What happens to the materials we recycle.
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