South London Waste Partnership

Recycle at home = No

Small electrical items cannot currently be recycled using your council’s recycling collection service.

Small electrical items can be recycled via electrical stores (use the Recycle Your Electricals website to locate your nearest collection point) and at your council-run Household Reuse and Recycling Centre. This includes:

Alarm clocks
CD players
Kitchen appliances such as toasters, blenders, kettles and microwave ovens
Hairdryers, straighteners, curling tongs, electric toothbrushes and shavers
Garden tools such as lawn mowers, hedge trimmers and leaf blowers
Lamps, torches, vacuum cleaners, phones, TVs, printers, cameras and smoke alarms
Computers, PCs, Macs and laptops
E-cigarettes and vapes

Never put small electrical items in the rubbish bin – they can cause fires
The batteries and battery packs within small electrical items are classed as hazardous waste and must be kept separate from general waste

Donate small electrical items that are in good working condition to charities or charity shops – find your local charity shops on the Charity Retail Association website
Donate electrical items to the Community Reuse Shop (find a drop-off point at your council-run Household Reuse and Recycling Centre)
If your electrical item is not working, try repairing it – find a local repair shop or see if there are any repair cafes in your area where you can learn new skills