Recycling broken or redundant card reader?

Yorkshire_Pud

I managed to give an old NBS card reader to my Nationwide branch which they say they refurbish. 

They couldn’t take my Co op bank card reader. Coop website has an article from 2020, can’t find anything since, don’t have any branches near me anymore and don’t know any address to return to.

Can anyone help with details of any legit recycling or refurb scheme for old card readers, or other responsible disposal?

Thanks.

grumpy_codger

If it's broken, your local council recycling/waste site should have a section for electronic devices. And I don't think that refurbishing them is economically feasible.

JGB1955

Take the battery out and put it in the battery recycling bin at your local supermarket.

Eco_Miser

Electronic dealers like Curry's and B&Q have recycling points for small electronic gadgets.

See https://www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk/faq/what-is-weee- recycling-why-important/ for your nearest.

Rob5342

Your dump should have a section for appliances so you could take it there. 

subjecttocontract

If you think you have a problem disposing of a small electronic item then try disposing of old carpet. Then, like have me, you'll have a better understanding of the reason flytipping is on the increase.

boingy

subjecttocontract said:

If you think you have a problem disposing of a small electronic item then try disposing of old carpet. Then, like have me, you'll have a better understanding of the reason flytipping is on the increase.

And car parts, at least here in Gloucestershire. The council recycling centres no longer accept any car parts apart from batteries. I don't know when they introduced it but it left me with a radiator, four brake discs and two shock absorbers to dispose of. The council referred me to the local scrap metal merchant but they would only take the brake discs and not the shocks or the rad. I'm awaiting a reply from the council as to what I am supposed to do with these. I imagine I'll end up cutting them up and putting them in the black bin. 

subjecttocontract

I've noticed shopping trolleys at large supermarkets with, shall we say, 'unusual items' left in them, unattended. Presumably people with a similar problem to you who have found an easy way to dispose of their unwanted stuff. In my part of Essex the newspapers are always reporting flytipping. 

We usually have a monthly weekend rubbish collection facility which takes pretty much anything. The council park a rubbish van or two in a predetermined location and you can take your stuff there and deposit it. Unfortunately it's suspended at the moment.

boingy

subjecttocontract said:

I've noticed shopping trolleys at large supermarkets with, shall we say, 'unusual items' left in them, unattended. Presumably people with a similar problem to you who have found an easy way to dispose of their unwanted stuff. In my part of Essex the newspapers are always reporting flytipping. 

We usually have a monthly weekend rubbish collection facility which takes pretty much anything. The council park a rubbish van or two in a predetermined location and you can take your stuff there and deposit it. Unfortunately it's suspended at the moment.

We're rural and fly tipping is very real round here. Too many small lanes with hardly any traffic and too many convenient field entrances. You regularly see whole van loads of rubbish tipped but also smaller piles of stuff which I suspect come from cars as a result of the council site now being more fussy, now closing on one day per week and introducing a new booking system - no booking, no entry. If you make it harder for people to get rid of stuff properly some those people will choose an easier option. 

Yorkshire_Pud

Yorkshire_Pud said:

I managed to give an old NBS card reader to my Nationwide branch which they say they refurbish. 

They couldn’t take my Co op bank card reader. Coop website has an article from 2020, can’t find anything since, don’t have any branches near me anymore and don’t know any address to return to.

Can anyone help with details of any legit recycling or refurb scheme for old card readers, or other responsible disposal?

Thanks.

Couldn’t come up with a foolproof way of recycling so after finally finding out how to remove the sled holding the two CR2032 batteries, it’s a little release tag near the sled/tray. Removed the two dead batteries and installed two new ones total cost about £1.33. Better than recycling and will keep as a spare. Also better than ordering another free one with batteries installed for the sake of the cost of two batteries. (Pats self on back 😊)

Theleak250

What you need is a weee bin.