Recycle Your Old Braun-Oral B Battery Operated Toothbrush

Bargain_Spotter

I just came across this FREEPOST address for the service centre of Braun UK, in the community pages, on the Braun UK website.

I have posted my old battery operated Oral B toothbrush to them for recycling. It took me ages to find a postal address so I could return this battery operated toothbrush for recycling, which is why I am posting this information here.

Olympic Shaver Centre Ltd, Phone: 01159-65 7447
Unit 19 & 20
Calverton Business park, Hoyle road, Calverton
Freepost RSHJ-KRSA-UHGE
NG14 6QL Nottingham

Here's the link:
http://community.uk.braun.com/braunuk/topics/_54_99_for_a_replacement_battery_for_a_triumph_pro_care_surely_not

roddydogs

I only pay about £20 for my Oral b T/Brushes, so I just buy a new one.
Its the Heads that cost!

robskillz

If you're handy with a soldering iron you can change the internal battery yourself. I get the impression that Braun toothbrushes are easier to open than Philips ones, but I'd take that as a challenge!

With my own Braun, it was a matter of prying off the ring around the top where the moving shaft emerges, then putting the handle onthe charging base and twisting it anti-clockwise to release the catch. Then you can slide out the whole innards.
Cut the solder tabs off the old battery as near to the battery as you can, then solder the new battery (make sure you get one with solder tabs on) to the old tabs.

There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube and you can get various sizes of replacement toothbrush battery from http://toothbrushbattery.com as they come in different lengths and diameters (check your size before ordering!)

Worth a shot at repairing yours as you can still recycle it even if you mangle it! :j

Ectophile

If I want to recycle anything electrical, I just lob it into the electricals skip at my local council tip. No stamp (but a bit of fuel) needed.