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11th January 2012
WEEE want your old electricals!
If you got a brand new mobile phone, or the hair straighteners you really wanted for Christmas, please don’t just throw your old ones away!
Instead, why not come along to the Greensward Academy on Saturday, 14th January 2012 between 9am and 12pm, because
WEEE want your old, unwanted or broken electrical and electronic goods!
Rochford District Council is holding the special event as part of the launch of the National WEEE campaign (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and the installation of a WEEE recycling bank in Back Lane Car Park, Rochford. We want to give residents who might have items such as shavers, kettles, toasters and power tools, the opportunity to recycle them.
As well as being able to dispose of your small electrical items, you will also be helping charity, because for every tonne of waste collected, a £1 donation will be made to The Rainbow Trust.
At the moment, small electrical and electronic items can’t be put in household bins so the WEEE banks give you a more convenient way of disposing of them.
The unwanted items must be small electricals, so please don’t bring fridges, freezers, computer monitors or televisions along to the event, or to the WEEE banks. These larger items can be recycled via the Council’s Bulky Waste Scheme, details of which can be found on the Council’s website at www.rochford.gov.uk or by calling Customer Services on 01702 318111. Alternatively, they can be recycled at the Recycling Centre for Household Waste in Castle Road, Rayleigh.
Below is a table showing what can and can’t into the new WEEE banks
WEEE want your old electricals!
If you got a brand new mobile phone, or the hair straighteners you really wanted for Christmas, please don’t just throw your old ones away!
Instead, why not come along to the Greensward Academy on Saturday, 14th January 2012 between 9am and 12pm, because
WEEE want your old, unwanted or broken electrical and electronic goods!
Rochford District Council is holding the special event as part of the launch of the National WEEE campaign (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and the installation of a WEEE recycling bank in Back Lane Car Park, Rochford. We want to give residents who might have items such as shavers, kettles, toasters and power tools, the opportunity to recycle them.
As well as being able to dispose of your small electrical items, you will also be helping charity, because for every tonne of waste collected, a £1 donation will be made to The Rainbow Trust.
At the moment, small electrical and electronic items can’t be put in household bins so the WEEE banks give you a more convenient way of disposing of them.
The unwanted items must be small electricals, so please don’t bring fridges, freezers, computer monitors or televisions along to the event, or to the WEEE banks. These larger items can be recycled via the Council’s Bulky Waste Scheme, details of which can be found on the Council’s website at www.rochford.gov.uk or by calling Customer Services on 01702 318111. Alternatively, they can be recycled at the Recycling Centre for Household Waste in Castle Road, Rayleigh.
Below is a table showing what can and can’t into the new WEEE banks
Can go into WEEE banks
Can’t go into WEEE banks
Shavers
Fridges
Hairdryers
Freezers
Hair straighteners
Televisions
Toasters
Washing machines
Kettles
Tumble dryers
Mobile phones
Laptops
Games consoles
Batteries (on their own)
DVD players
Lightbulbs
Radios
Fluorescent tubes
Irons
Vacuum cleaners
Lamps (bulbs removed)
Computer monitors
Chargers
Microwaves
Computer hard drives
Cameras
Power tools
Food mixers
Cameras
Power tools
Food mixers