Getting rid of broken electrical stuff?

Nara

I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right section but....

My house is full of junk:rotfl: alot of it is broken, but for some reason we never seem to throw stuff away lol.

I'm wondering if there's places that I can give this stuff to or if it really needs to go in a bin bag with the normal rubbish?

Example is, i have 2x moniters for PC's that don't work, it seems a waste to throw them in the bin but at the same time they don't work ( I also have old pc boxes in the loft which i think work :S). Also a laptop which broke and altho my partner has taken the hard drive out everything else is intact, we just never bothered to fix it!

I guess i could try and sell on Ebay but do people really buy broken items? and since they are heavy I'm not sure it would be worth it?

Any ideas of the best way to dispose of this kind of stuff? I'm sure i have a whole heap of other stuff in the loft too lol!:eek:

wornoutmumoftwo

You could put them on freecycle. I'm always on there for computer parts:)

fwor

Broken laptop: Ebay, unless it's very old. People sometimes pay daft money just to get the parts.

Working but unwanted PCs and electricals: Freegle/Freecycle, as stated above.

All the rest: Your local tip will have a skip/cage set aside for these things (mine has one specifically for TVs/monitors, as well as a general electricals one) and they are (or should be) sent for recycling.

jayme1

your local recycle centre might take electrical items (mine does) where they are sent to be broken down and recycled so don't end up in landfill.

Hammyman

Definitely the local council recycling place for the monitors - there's a lot of lead and mercury in those.

Another here for Ebaying the laptop.

Coveredinbees!!!!

If they are CRT monitors take them down the tip, you can't give away working ones.

mttylad

Coveredinbees!!!! wrote: »

If they are CRT monitors take them down the tip, you can't give away working ones.

You can, I often see people asking for any monitor on Freegle/Freecycle/Realcycle groups just because theirs has died.

Although it i often hard, they can often go.

Mind you, I have a 21" & a 17" CRT to get rid of soon.

Broken ones - just recycle.

Darksun

If you buy a new piece of electronic or electrical equipment, the retailer has to arrange disposal of a similar product if requested. So if you buy a new monitor, you can take in an old monitor to be disposed of.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/topics/waste/32100.aspx