On average, each person in the UK buys 3 new electrical items each year – that’s about 170 million items across the UK.
However, only a small number of the electrical items already in the home, whether they’re broken or just unwanted, end up being recycled.
Surprisingly, 75% of all materials in your old electricals can be recycled and turned into useful things like life-saving equipment, children’s playgrounds, and even new electricals.
Empty your cupboards and drawers of unwanted electrical items and recycle them!
We can collect unwanted small electrical appliances (e-waste) weekly on your kerbside collection day.
Please place these items in a clearly marked carrier bag, alongside your recycling boxes.
*All electrical leads need to be contained inside the bag as well as all batteries removed – if it is not presented this way our collection team will not collect the electrical items.
What type of electricals are collected?
- Irons
- Sewing Machine
- Telephones
- Blenders
- Cameras
- Cassette players
- CD players
- DVD players
- Electronic air freshener (remove perfume)
- Fans
- Straighteners
- Hairdryers
- Toothbrush
- Kettles
- Radios
- Smoke alarms
- Toasters
- Other small electrical appliance