Recycling household electrical items

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. Recycling batteries - Can it be recycled?

Collection of electrical items

Large items

Residents can book a free home collection for large electrical items. This service is provide by AnyJunk in partnership with the North London Waste Authority (NLWA). Collections take place in Islington on Thursdays. Book an AnyJunk collection. 

If you cannot take electrical items to one of the NLWA reuse and recycling centres, you can book a bulky waste collection instead. 

For more information visit the North London Waste Authority website.

Small items

TRAID will collect small electrical items for recycling directly from your home, as long as it is accompanied by a separate bag of textile recycling. Book a collection with TRAID.

Other ways to recycle your unwanted items

• Freegle to give away and seek unwanted goods in your local area.
• TippTapp your item is in a good condition someone who can reuse it will pick it up at no cost.
• Use the Recycle Electricals national directory to find your nearest recycling or donation points. 

Recycling banks for small electrical items

These banks can recycle any electrical item that is small enough to fit in the chute such as hairdryers and two-slice toasters. (The size of most of the bank chute holes is 520mm x 510mm).

Find your nearest electrical recycling site below.

The electrical locations are red on the map.

What you can recycle at these banks

Items you can recycle at electrical banks include:

• any small items that have a plug or require batteries
• kitchen appliances such as kettles or toasters
• audio-visual equipment such as CD players, digiboxes and remote controls
• bathroom equipment such as shavers and electric toothbrushes
• DIY tools
• phones
• chargers

Items should be small enough to fit through a chute hole that is 520mm by 510mm.

For more information, visit the North London Waste Authority website.

Drop-off points for electrical items

Reuse and Recycling Centre, 40 Hornsey Street, London N7 8HU

Take back electrical items to a shop

Large electrical retailers are have to take back waste electrical items at their shops by law, but a product can only be returned when you buy another one. Check with your chosen retailer for more details.

E-recycling

Freedom-Mobiles has a price-checking and comparison website for iPads and iPhones mobile technology. Freedom-Mobiles does not advertise or take commissions to compare mobile iPhone cash trade-ins.

If you have more than 10 mobile phones or lots of other IT to recycle at the same time, contact Freedom-Mobile directly for collection.