A recycling service for broken small electrical items and batteries is now available alongside the normal waste and recycling services.
The items can be put out next to wheelie bins on either blue or green bin collection days in tied carrir bags. 
Please note that batteries should be removed from electrical items put out for collection in separate carrier bags.
Items should be no larger than 35cm by 40cm. Storage space is limited so please present items individually where possible rather than storing and presenting several items together.
What can be collected?
Yes Please:
- Kettles, toasters, irons and other small kitchen appliances
- Hairdryers, hair straighteners and hair clippers
- Clocks, watches, calculators and torches
- Remote controllers, mobile phones, cameras and chargers
- Mobile phones and laptop batteries
- Radios, alarms, mini hi-fi’s and CD and MP3 Players
- Small electronic toys eg remote control cars
- Power tools, smoke detectors and thermostats
- Used household batteries (place in a separate bag)
- Any small electrical item with a plug or that uses batteries
No Thanks:
- Light bulbs, fluorescent tubes
- Televisions, computer monitors of any size and laptops
- Fridges and freezers
- Washing machines, cookers and microwave ovens
- Anything that will not fit inside a standard-sized carrier bag
- Glass/ceramic electrical items eg slow cookers or glass kettles
Items that are too large or not listed above will not be collected, leave any cables and plugs attached to the electrical items.Remove all batteries from electrical items and place the bagged batteries into the carrier bag.
Items listed in the No Thanks section can be taken to the Household Waste Recycling Centres at St Albans Road, Stafford and Beacon Road, Stone for reprocessing. Car batteries cannot be disposed of with this method as they contain acid.
For more information and FAQ’s visit https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-collection-and-used-household-batteries
