Black Friday
40 million electrical gadgets flew off UK retailers’ shelves between Black Friday and Christmas.
Fresh start for old electricals with Give-Back January
With the festive season over, now’s the time to donate or recycle your surplus gadgets.
Give-Back January
It’s the perfect next step
Christmas
Even as we unwrapped the latest gear, we were hoarding or just binning more than 4 million old electricals.
Give-Back January
If we donated all those old gadgets they would be worth £136 million. So now’s the time to donate or recycle the tech you no longer need.
Find your recycling pointGive recycling a whirl with Konnie and Nicola
TV presenter Konnie Huq and professional declutterer Nicola Lewis get into the spirit of Give-Back January.
“My family and I love Christmas – and often buy each other electrical gifts. But we’ll also be hunting out all our unwanted pieces and boxing them up to be donated. We want everyone to join in!”
“I see old electricals hoarded in people’s homes, particularly in the run-up to Christmas. Don’t get overwhelmed: fill a box or bag with your old electricals. Take it to be donated or recycled.”
DID YOU KNOW?
35 million of us throw away our Christmas lights
That’s enough of the sparkling beauties to wrap around the Earth 12 times.
Even Santa and his reindeer don’t cover that distance on Christmas eve.
