Residents can now recycle small electrical equipment at the kerbside.
WEEE is the UK’s fastest growing waste stream. As technology evolves at such a fast pace, older electrical and electronic items are often made redundant.
The vast majority of electrical items such as mobile phones contain valuable plastics and metals which can be recycled and turned into new products.
What is small WEEE?
- Small WEEE is classed as small handheld items that require a plug or battery to use such as:
- Small kitchen appliances (kettle, toaster, iron etc)
- Hair dryers, hair straighteners, hair clippers
- Clocks, watches, calculators and torches
- Remote controls, laptops, mobile phones, cameras and chargers
- Radios, mini hi-fis, CD and MP3 players
- Electric toothbrush
- Small electronic toys, e.g. remote control car
- Small electrical DIY tools
How will the small WEEE be collected?
Please place all small WEEE items ideally in a bag or place loose by the side of your blue bin by 6.30am on your recycling collection day.
Collection cages have been fitted to the underside of our collection vehicles to enable us to collect the small WEEE on your collection day.
Please leave cables and plugs attached to items and remove the batteries.
Large electrical items
Large electrical items such as fridges, TVs and washing machines are not acceptable through this kerbside collection scheme. If you have larger electrical items these can be taken to the local household waste site in Burton upon Trent or Uttoxeter. Alternatively you can and arrange for a bulky collection to be made from your property.