Stratford-on-Avon District Council's new enhanced recycling service is continuing to be a success thanks to residents' help.
Six months in and the District Council's collection service for small waste electronic and electrical (WEEE) items, textiles and household batteries has continued to prove popular with residents.
Since the start of the service on 1 April 2013 to 31 October 2013 just over eight tonnes of WEEE, just under two tonnes of textiles and just under one tonne of batteries have been sent for reprocessing.
Cllr Lynda Organ, Technical Services Portfolio says: “These are terrific results and shows just how much residents of the district support the District Council's refuse and recycling service by making good use of the new service. Whilst the tonnage may not seem very high, it is surprising how many toasters, kettles and batteries there are in a tonne."
Residents can place their unwanted electrical items, textiles and batteries in separate tied up carrier bags on the ground by the side of any of their wheeled bins, not inside the bin, for collection on the normal collection day.
To ensure they can be collected, items must be small enough to fit into a standard-sized carrier bag, such as a plastic shopping bags.
Small household WEEE includes:
- Kettles, toasters, irons and other small kitchen appliances
- Hairdryers, hair straighteners and hair clippers
- Clocks, watches, calculators and torches
- Remote controllers, mobile phones, cameras and chargers
- Mobile phone and laptop batteries
- Radios, alarms, mini hi-fi's and CD and MP3 players
- Power tools, smoke detectors and thermostats
- Small electronic toys eg remote control cars
- Household batteries (placed in a separate bag)
- Any other small electrical item with a plug or that uses batteries
Small household WEEE excludes:
- Light bulbs, fluorescent tubes,
- Televisions, computer monitors of any size and laptops
- Large white good (e.g. washing machines, fridges and microwave ovens)
- Anything that will not fit inside a standard-sized carrier bag
Cables and plugs should be left attached to the electrical items, but batteries should be removed from the electrical items and bagged separately. Bagged batteries can be put into the carrier bag along with small electrical items.
