Make sure you dispose of your batteries and electrical waste safely - use dedicated bins at the bring sites.
Remember, pink bins for electrical items, blue bins on poles for batteries.
Bring sites
The bins are located at recycling banks throughout Greenwich alongside blue top bins, textile recycling banks and the new battery bins.
Find your nearest recycling bank.
Batteries
Household battery bins - blue bins on poles that are clearly marked are available in nearly all the bring sites.
Batteries are considered to be hazardous waste, and if they're thrown away as rubbish they end up in landfill sites or being burnt. Batteries never break down naturally and just throwing them away is bad for the environment.
The Council will collect the batteries from the bins and take them back to the Reuse and Recycling site at Nathan Way. They'll be stored safely before being passed on to expert 'reprocessors' who will recycle the batteries in a safe and responsible way.
Go to the WRAP website to find out more about battery recycling.
Pink bins for electrical items
You can recycle small household electrical items at 26 bright pink recycling bins across the borough.
The bins are located at recycling banks throughout Greenwich alongside blue top bins, textile recycling banks and the new battery bins.
Find your nearest recycling bank.
What can I recycle?
Items that can be put in the pink bins include:
- hairdryers
- irons
- toasters
- kettles.
You can also recycle your low energy lightbulbs in the pink bins. In fact any small household electrical appliance can be left there to be broken down into its component parts for recycling.
Getting rid of large electronic items
Under the Government’s WEEE directive – which stands for waste electrical and electronic equipment – producers, manufacturers and retailers have responsibility for disposing electrical items safely.
This means that residents wanting to get rid of larger items, such as washing machines and fridges, should be able to do so through the manufacturer for free.
If you are buying new goods, you should ask your retailer about their policy on taking away old electrical goods for free.
Find out more about the WEEE directive.