Recycle your small electrical items from home starting February 18 2013
To help residents recycle even more they will be able to recycle any broken or unwanted small electrical items such as kettles or hair dryers using Bath & North East Somerset Council's weekly kerbside recycling collection from 18 February 2013.
These items must be able to fit in an average size plastic carrier bag and will be collected as part of our weekly green box recycling collection service.
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Councillor David Dixon (Lib-Dem, Oldfield), Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said, "It is important that Bath & North East Somerset Council makes recycling as easy and convenient as possible for local people to help increase our recycling levels. This is why we have added this new collection.
"Last year our residents recycled 537 tonnes of small electricals, by taking them to our Recycling Centres. But we still find lots get thrown away. It is a waste to throw these away because they can be recycled and made into new things using their valuable metals and plastics. For example, one clothes iron can provide enough steel to make 13 new steel cans. All the items we collect will be crushed, separated into their different materials and recycled to make new products. People can also donate any working electrical items in reusable condition to charity if possible."
We will collect any small electrical item that has a plug or uses batteries. Suitable items for collection include:
- Kettles, blenders, calculators, cameras, chargers, digi-boxes, electronic toothbrushes, electronic toys and games, hair straighteners, hi-fi equipment, irons, power tools, shavers, telephones, torches and so on!
We can't collect any large item including the following:
- No TVs and PC monitors, large printers, washing machines, microwave ovens, and lawn mowers - these can be recycled but are too big for this collection, so residents still need to take these to their local Recycling Centre instead. Alternatively, a collection from the Council can be booked for a charge.
- No fluorescent tubes and light bulbs;
- Any item with leaking batteries or broken glass which could harm our crews.
Any small electrical items must be put in an untied carrier bag next to the green recycling box on the usual weekly collection day by 7am. Households can put out more than one carrier bag if necessary. Remove any batteries first and put these in a small plastic bag at the top of the green box as usual. We may use different vehicles to collect your electricals so don't worry if the usual recycling has been collected before or after your electrical items.
The funding for the service is being provided by the Government.
The Council's recycling campaigns team have arranged road shows over the coming months where people can find out more. See dates and venues and more information about the new collection by Google Search 'Bathnes Electrical Recycling' or www.bathnes.gov.uk/electricalcollection
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by tomsjan
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 8:32AM
“No I don't remember them........ my great grandpa used to have one!”
by jonquil
Sunday, February 03 2013, 6:12PM
“Oh, do you remember those too. Actually, its an Agfa box camera I have! Will try the e.bay telly idea when I get a new one say in..2025.”
by tomsjan
Sunday, February 03 2013, 5:22PM
“99p start, buyer collects. Even if you only get 99p for it you don't have the problem of getting rid of it. It's a no-brainer. All our old TVs and VCRs have gone to new homes rather than the tip, even the broken ones for "spares or repairs". Older TVs are now popular with gamers too so there is still a market for them. Of course you may have difficulty uploading pictures from your Box Brownie! ;)”
by jonquil
Sunday, February 03 2013, 3:47PM
“Why would I sell my vintage clothes, as you call them when they are the height of fashion, mostly bought in France and Italy, and I do take your point about the television being non efficient, but it seems a waste throwing away something that serves its purpose.The new recycling collection will not include tvs, and I do not drive because of adding to pollution, so could not easily get rid of it,but may try e.bay as Tomsjan does so successfully.”
by tomsjan
Sunday, February 03 2013, 3:23PM
“Oh dear, someone is feeling a little sensitive! Quick enough to dish it out but can't take it.
You are not alone in making things last and we also do not throw things away lightly, but I have to say that your 15 year old TV is probably not terribly energy efficient....... certainly not as economical as running a newer one. And at that age you must also be running some kind of set-top box to get the digital channels so it might be wise to invest a few pounds in a nice new one!
As for the clothes thing - I would think about selling some of it - there is a lot of money in vintage these days!”
by jonquil
Sunday, February 03 2013, 1:33PM
“As all the school bullies are at it again, A. I am a careful buyer, my television is 15 years old, the one before that lasted 25 years. I am a child of the fifties and very aware of waste. I have clothes older than some of you, I am not the buy and chuck sort, I buy well and it lasts especially if you look after it.”
by MoeXXX
Saturday, February 02 2013, 11:28PM
“@Jonquil, by "all our recycling", I take it you mean the huge effort of putting things in different bins instead of one, before someone else removes it from *right in front of your home* and then someone else again actually does the hard work of recycling it into something else?
So instead of accepting just a tiny, tiny little shred of responsibility for all the **** you buy and then discard, you think you deserve a reward for enabling someone else to sort out the mess for you!??
Well done mate. Have some oxygen.”
by rottidog
Saturday, February 02 2013, 9:49AM
“What a great opportunity for someone for free stock! We have sold all our old electricals on eBay as there is always someone out there looking for spares. It never ceases to amaze me what people will buy AND pay the postage on so why chuck it out at all. And before Planet Jonquil pipes up again........nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything! So sell it on eBay and put the money towards the Council Tax - simples!”
by tomsjan
Friday, February 01 2013, 5:43PM
“The cynic in me thinks that this is a massive opportunity for widespread theft of possibly unsafe items that may then find their way to boot sales or for sale on online auction sites for spares. Having disposal at the Midland Road depot where removal is not allowed is one thing but asking people to leave them in plain sight outside their houses is quite another. Have they even considered the possibility of unsafe items falling into the wrong hands?”
by jonquil
Thursday, January 31 2013, 10:54AM
“Can we have something free in exchange for all our recycling, a bag of compost maybe or bin, bags, garden waste bags, compost bins etc, as most of these are made from waste products recycled.”