Take your small electricals to one of our libraries, where they will be collected and taken away for recycling.
Important: Batteries should be disposed of separately in battery recycling points in the borough.
How are electronics recycled?
If you've ever wondered what happens when you recycle your old electrical items - wonder no more! HypnoCat is here to explain the whole process from top to tail.
Accepted items
- Cables and plugs
- Small kitchen appliances, such as kettles, toasters and blenders
- Personal grooming products, such as hairdryers, straighteners, electric toothbrushes
- Power tools, such as drills and sanders
- Small household electricals, such as alarm clocks and radios, CD and DVD players, games consoles, small speakers and headphones
- Personal technology, such as mobile phones, laptops and tablets, and cameras - remember to remove personal data and memory cards
Please note: There is a size limit of 25cm x 25cm, which is roughly equivalent to a 4-slice toaster.
Items not accepted
- Microwaves
- Large electrical items, such as floor lamps, fridges and freezers, and vacuum cleaners
- Lawnmowers
- Lightbulbs
- TVs
- Vapes and e-cigarettes
Participating libraries
You can drop off your small electricals into a pink recycling bin at any of the following libraries.
- Botwell Green Library
- Charville Library
- Eastcote Library
- Harefield Library
- Hayes End Library
- Ickenham Library
- Manor Farm Library
- Northwood Pop-up Library
- Northwood Hills Library
- Oak Farm Library
- Ruislip Manor Library
- South Ruislip Library
- Uxbridge Library
- West Drayton Library
- Yeading Library
- Yiewsley Library
Working in partnership with Recycle Your Electricals.