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Posted By Rod Douglas
Hi all,
Is there anyone out there that could give me a steer on the appropriate disposal of unwanted electrical items.
Any help would be greatfully received.
Aye
Rod D
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Posted By Rod Douglas
Come on chaps any ideas?
Aye,
Rod D
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Posted By John Johnston
Not wanting to appear too obvious, but what about local authorities such as refuse collection services, or the local refuse waste management dump (our local one takes electrical appliances and places them into a designated area for uplift). There are even small electrical shops that will uplift unwanted electrical goods.
Is this the kind of answer you are after?
Hope so, best regards,
John
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Posted By Ian Brough Hi Rod. Depending on the type of electrical equipment for disposal then try the web site www.recycling-works.co.uk depending where you are based and the quantity you have,they may have a company that are willing to collect the electrical items for recycling or if they are close by, for you to take to them. Hope this is some help. Ian.
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Posted By Jane Blunt
In the not too distant future, the position regarding waste electrical and electronic equipment will change significantly.
Much electrical equipment is likely to be removed via the supplier, when we purchase replacement goods. However, it is less clear as yet what will happen over existing items which are not replaced on a like for like basis.
The WEEE Directive is due to be enacted into British Law this summer (the draft regulations are not ready yet).
However, in the meantime there are likely to be changes afoot regarding the disposal of equipment containing cathode ray tubes.
I am keeping an eye on the Environment Agency website and other quality sources of information.
Jane
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Posted By Laurie
It depends very much on what your electrical items consist of, and to some extent on which local authority you come under.
Light bulbs may be chucked in the bin, fluorescent tubes may not; in some areas up to six tubes may be chucked in a skip, in other areas even a single tube must be regarded as special waste.
At the other end of the scale old transformers may contain PCBs (yes, I know about using abbreviations, but that is one I flatly refuse to spell out!) in which case you are looking at very specialised disposal, and very specialised fees!
Nothing is ever that simple
Laurie
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