Collection of electrical items
Residents can book a free home collection for large electrical items. This service is provide by AnyJunk in partnership with the North London Waste Authority (NLWA). Collections take place in Islington on Thursdays. Book an AnyJunk collection.
Residents unable to take electrical items to one of the NLWA reuse and recycling centres can arrange a bulky waste collection.
For more information please visit the North London Waste Authority website.
Other ways to get rid of your unwanted items
- Freegle to give away and seek unwanted goods in your local area.
- TippTapp your item is in a good condition someone who can reuse it will pick it up at no cost.
- Use the Recycle Electricals national directory to find your nearest recycling or donation points.
Recycling banks for small electrical items
These banks can recycle any electrical item that is small enough to fit in the chute such as hairdryers and two-slice toasters. (The size of most of the bank chute holes is 520mm x 510mm).
Find your nearest electrical recycling site below.
The electrical locations are red on the map.
What you can recycle at these banks
- Any small items that have a plug or require batteries
- Kitchen appliances such as kettles or toasters
- Items should be small enough to fit through s chute hole 520mm by 510mm.
- Audio visual equipment such as CD player, digiboxes and remote controls
- Bathroom equipment such as shavers and electric toothbrushes
- DIY tools
- Phones
- Chargers
For more information please visit the North London Waste Authority website.
Drop-off points for electrical items
Reuse and Recycling Centre, 40 Hornsey Street, London N7 8HU
Instore take back of electrical items
Large electrical retailers are legally obliged to take back waste electrical items in-store.
Take back is offered on one to one basis. This means a product can be returned when another one is bought. Please check with your chosen retailer for more details.
E-recycling
Freedom-Mobiles offers a price-checking price comparison site of prices paid for ipads and iphones mobile home technology. Freedom-Mobiles doesn’t advertise or take commissions to compare mobile iphone cash trade ins. If you have more than 10 mobile phones or other IT assets to bulk recycle, please contact Freedom-Mobile directly for collection.
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