Small electrical goods recycling

You can recycle small electrical items by taking them to:

  • retailers with recovery schemes for electrical items
  • the tip
  • a local recycling point

Local small electrical recycling points

You can take your small electricals to the following local recycling points during their opening hours:

Unfortunately you cannot be credited with any recycling points.

What small items we accept

As a general rule we can take small electrical items if they can easily fit in a standard supermarket carrier bag. This doesn't include items that have screens such as laptops, notebooks or tablets. Items we do not accept can be taken to the tip at Longshot Lane.

What we can and cannot accept as small electricals
Yes, please No, thank you
blenders and mixers garden strimmers
calculators hedge cutters
electric toothbrushes, shavers and epilators lamps (floor standing)
games consoles, DVD, Blu ray and video players laptops, notebooks and tablets
hairdryers, hair straighteners, curling tongs large home stereo systems
irons and kettles lawnmowers or Flymos
lamps (table or desk) microwaves
mobile phones and cameras PC monitors
MP3 players, CD players and portable radios TVs
vapes white goods
toasters and sandwich toasters chainsaws
desktop fans and handheld fans large appliances

Our small electricals will be stripped down and the electrical appliance components can be used in circuit boards and electric motors. Scrap metal can be extracted and melted down to form new metal-based components. When recycled, 1 iron contains enough steel to produce 13 steel cans.

Bulky waste collections

With a paid-for bulky collection up to 3 small electrical items can also be taken at no extra cost.

Battery recycling

Batteries in household bins can cause fires which puts our collection crews at risk, delays collection times and puts a strain on the fire service.

By recycling batteries correctly, we can prevent these dangerous incidents from happening. Batteries processed in the right way can be used to make new batteries or other metal products.

Batteries are easily recyclable in Bracknell Forest with recycling boxes in most supermarkets and local shops, as well as the recycling centres at Longshot Lane and Smallmead.

Use the online tool to find your nearest battery recycling point.