Electric recycling

rose11

Does anyone know where you can take electric things to recycle them?

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Local council skip??

My local council has an electric items only skip within it's rubbish skips. I take broken items there, otherwise, maybe try the freecycle route.

A_fiend_for_life

Try a search for the name of your local authority, WEEE, collection.

Caterina

DEpending on what it is, some charities will collect, for example Emmaus have shops that repair and resell, you can try looking them up:

http://www.emmaus.org.uk/shops

HTH

Caterina

rose11

Thanks for your help, I will have a look.

VickyA_2

We've got an iron that has just given up the ghost, however our local recycling place doesn't take electrical items. Any ideas on how to recycle it/dispose of it?

Many thanks.

Jonesya

Electric Recycling

:rotfl:

Thought someone was going to ask about wiring their appliances in series!

greyteam1959

Ebay

Car Boot Sale

savemoney

freeycle....

A_fiend_for_life

VickyA wrote: »

We've got an iron that has just given up the ghost, however our local recycling place doesn't take electrical items. Any ideas on how to recycle it/dispose of it?

Many thanks.

All uk councils are obliged to provide facilities for taking back electrical and electronic items under the EU WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive. Check your councils web site. There might be a charge though some councils provide grace for the first few items others provide no grace.

See the link on your local borough or district council on this page:

http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Environment/Waste/waste_home.htm

Also if it is less than 5 years old you might still be able to get it replaced under the sales of goods act especially if it is a good one.

If not shops are also obliged to take them back 'like for like' under the WEEE directive too.

hth