West Berkshire Council and Veolia Environmental Services are encouraging residents to take their disused or broken electrical goods to the Newtown Road Household Waste Recycling Centre
West Berkshire Council and Veolia Environmental Services - West Berkshire are encouraging residents to take their disused or broken electrical goods to the Newtown Road Household Waste and Recycling Centre to mark the start of the nationwide Recycle Week (21st -27th June), aiming to raise awareness of the availability to recycle your unwanted e-clutter and electrical goods.
Small electrical items like old kettles and mobile phones may not be top of the household sort-out, but research shows on average we all have at least three unwanted electronic items cluttering up the home – and that's before digging around in the cupboards. Last year alone 154 million small electrical products were bought in the UK, but only around 10% of this was recycled.
In addition, between 21st June and 19th July, anyone bringing an old electrical item to the site will get to vote for a local school. The winning school with the most votes will get a selection of energy-saving gadgets!
The Community Furniture Project operates a donation point at the Newtown Road Household Waste and Recycling Centre and will accept any electrical items from toothbrushes to household fridges. It will even accept broken items, as its staff are able to mend and safety test these goods, for sale in one of the two community furniture shops in West Berkshire. Any goods or parts of electrical items that are unable to be reused can be easily salvaged for recycling instead of potentially ending in landfill. A typical iron contains enough steel to make 13 food tins.
Kelvin Hughes, the Chief Executive of the Community Furniture Project, commented, "Here at the Community Furniture Project we work closely alongside the Council and Veolia to help provide greener waste and reuse services for the local community and divert valuable materials, including electrical items away from landfill."
Tracey Reilly, General Manager for Veolia in West Berkshire, said: "Our aim is to encourage as many people as possible to do their bit for the environment by recycling even more of their waste. In this case, our facilities at the Household Waste Recycling Centre allow residents to bring their old WEEE goods for reuse or recycling, making it easy for residents to increase recycling and send even less waste to landfill."
Hilary Cole, West Berkshire Executive Councillor for the Environment, added "Small electrical items are often forgotten about and end up in household waste bin. Working alongside Veolia and the Community Furniture Project allows us to start reversing this trend, working towards a Cleaner, Greener West Berkshire."
The Newtown Road Household Waste and Recycling Centre is open between 8.30 am and 7.30 pm seven days a week. For more information about electrical recycling, please contact West Berkshire Council Customer Services team on (01635) 519080, or email customerservices@westberks.gov.uk
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