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Recycling: Plans for electrical goods to be included in UK collections (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by GreyShuck to c/unitedkingdom

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Kerbside collections for small electrical goods such as toasters and hairdryers could be rolled out across the UK from 2026 under government proposals to boost recycling.

Ministers are also considering drop-off points in retailers where households can recycle unwanted items for free.

And shops and online sellers would be made to pick up unwanted or broken larger electrical items such as fridges when delivering replacements.

A 10-week consultation is taking place.

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[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

My district council has collected small electrical items for asong as I can remember. I was surprised to find out that not all councils do this.

As much as I think it's a good thing for councils to have control over their local budgets (so long as they're funded adequately...), I think it's a poor system to let councils take on individual recycling contracts. The buying power alone should make a unified contract more economical. It's mad that moving from one town to another can put you into a council that offers a poorer service, likely for a similar cost (if comparing neighbouring councils).

Link to the recycling policy for my district

[–] deluxeparrot 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I agree. I have no idea why refuse isn't dealt with nationally. Collections handled by local council but processing and policy dealt with nationally.

Then everything wouldn't need to be labelled with probably recyclable.