One mission
Recycle Your Electricals is a UK-wide campaign with one mission – to get the UK reusing and recycling our old, unwanted electricals.
About us
Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be reused or recycled
Never bin vapes or electricals
8 million vapes binned a week, that could’ve been recycled
When vapes and other electricals with hidden batteries are thrown away in household rubbish or recycling bins, they can get crushed in bin lorries and recycling centres and cause serious fires.
Never bin vapes or electrical items. Always recycle them separately from your household rubbish and recycling.
In focus
With the best research and the smartest solutions we’re tackling electrical waste together.
Simpler than you think
From recycling centres to shops, charities to community drop-off points, there’s over 26,600 locations on our locator to donate or recycle your old electricals.
Find a recycling centre
Never bin batteries
Hidden batteries inside electricals can spark dangerous fires when crushed in bin lorries and recycling centres. Battery fires also endanger lives and cause serious environmental and health risks.
Find out more
Recycling our old electricals is a win-win
Protecting health and the environment and putting valuable resources back into the economy.
What’s the problem?
Discarded electricals are one of the fastest growing sources of waste – and a big threat to the environment and human health.
What you can recycle
Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be recycled – and most of the materials in them can be made into new products.
How recycling works
From your home to your recycling centre to brand new products – the precious materials in old electricals get a new lease of life.
Benefits of recycling
Recycling old electricals is better for the planet and your pocket. It means more jobs and saving precious resources.
DID YOU KNOW?
26,600
Electrical recycling points
There are over 26,600 UK drop-off points for your old electricals. A massive 75% of all materials in your old electrical items can be recycled. Make sure you recycle yours correctly so that they can be repaired, passed on or made into useful things like life-saving equipment, children’s playgrounds – and even new electricals.
Recycle Your Electricals news
All
How to wrap up Christmas in a sustainable way
Christmas is a great time for giving and receiving – but that can also mean packaging and a lot of…
Read more
All
Fires: the hidden hazards of binning batteries
17th May 2024 Many of us have a ‘drawer of doom’. Among the old post-it notes, dried-out pens, tarnished coins…
Read more
All
Sustainable Valentine’s gifts: recycled electrical jewellery
13th February 2024 Written by: Charlotte Davies Are you scrambling for Valentine’s Day gifts at the eleventh hour? Relax. We’ve…
Read more
