It’s easier than ever to recycle your broken or unwanted small electrical items in Newcastle.

We have started a new trial to offer a free doorstep collection of small electricals to some domestic households in the city. If you live in the city and have a ground floor accessible front door you are eligible to take part in the trial.

It’s as easy as 1,2,3.

1. Bag up your broken and unwanted small electricals into a plastic carrier bag.
2. Book your free small electricals collection online
3. Place your filled plastic carrier bag at your front door before 8am on your collection date.

Do not place any electrical items for collection inside or on top your bin.

Our team will collect your bag of small electricals using our electric fleet to reduce the impact on the environment.

Please use this opportunity to fill a bag with all your household’s broken and unwanted small electricals, including loose cables, remotes and other items.

Small electricals we will collect include:

• small kitchen appliances – such as kettles, toasters, irons, blenders, smoothie makers, sandwich toasters, coffee machines, food processors, bread makers, electric scales
• cables and accessories – headphones, phone chargers, extension leads, keyboards, USB plugs
• DIY and power tools – drills, electric screwdrivers, sanders
• home office equipment – printers, scanners, calculator
• home accessories – baby monitors, smoke alarms, Christmas lights, torches
• game consoles and controllers
• vapes
• high-tech electronic devices – remote controls, radios, VCRs, digi-boxes, speakers, hi-fi units, electronic toys
• personal care items – hairdryers, hair straighteners, electric toothbrushes, hair trimmers, shavers, hair curlers, facial saunas, power showers

Items larger than a plastic carrier bag will not be collected using this service. 

If you need larger electricals collected:

• book a bulky waste collection 

Please remove batteries before placing out for collection and recycle. Did you know that you should never put unwanted batteries in any kind of bin, as sometimes batteries can cause fires if not disposed of correctly as well as harming the environment. 

You can recycle batteries at local shops and supermarkets.

Anything with a cable, plug or battery can be recycled. 

Recycling helps to save natural resources and the environment. If you do not recycle electrical equipment it may end up in landfill where hazardous substances will leak out and cause soil and water contamination – harming wildlife and also human health. Sometimes electrical items can cause fires if not disposed of correctly.

Please do not place small electrical items in your blue or green bin.