Recycle Now helps West Sussex families Spring Clean their ‘e-clutter’

Ahead of the official start of Spring on 21st March, Recycle Now has teamed up with clutter expert Beverly Wade to launch the ‘Don’t bin it, bring it’ campaign. The campaign will encourage us all to recycle electricals or ‘e-clutter’ as part of a spring clean.

Small electricals such as old kettles and mobile phones may not be top of the spring cleaning list. 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.

Between April and December last year, families in West Sussex recycled 1,769 tonnes of small electrical products when they became waste – that’s the equivalent of 4 irons, 11 hairdryers or 49 electric toothbrushes per household.

Gerrard Fisher from Recycle Now said:

“Electrical items that use disposable batteries, have a mains cable or need recharging can all be recycled. The raw materials can then be put to new uses; for example, a typical iron contains enough steel to make 13 food cans.

“So when you’re spring cleaning this year, if you come across any old electricals, remember, don’t bin it, bring it along to your local recycling site in West Sussex. There are 11 dedicated facilities for collecting waste electrical goods."

You can find your nearest household waste recycling site by clicking here or using Recycle Now's postcode locator at www.dontbinitbringit.org.