Recycle your electricals with new kerbside collections trial

People in East Suffolk are being urged to recycle their electrical items as a new scheme begins later this month.

Householders in East Suffolk are being urged to recycle their electricals via a new kerbside collections trial. Picture: Mick Howes (Image: Mick Howes) East Suffolk Council has teamed up with Material Focus as part of a nationwide campaign that is aiming to significantly reduce e-waste.

It will see small electrical items collected from the kerbside across the district - with the hope that 120,000 households will get behind the recycling drive.

Householders in East Suffolk are being urged to recycle their electricals via a new kerbside collections trial. Picture: Mick Howes (Image: Mick Howes) Householders will be able to leave up to two small electrical items on top of their bins on their usual bin collection day each week with refuse crews taking them away for recycling.

This is one of over 40 UK projects funded by Material Focus, with £60,724 provided to support this project.

Householders in East Suffolk are being urged to recycle their electricals via a new kerbside collections trial. Picture: Mick Howes (Image: Mick Howes) Trial electrical kerbside collections will be initially introduced on four collection rounds - covering parts of Lowestoft, Kessingland, Oulton, Pakefield, Carlton Colville, Wrentham and Worlingham in the north, as well as Aldeburgh, Leiston, Saxmundham, Rendlesham, Orford, Framlingham, Melton, Woodbridge, Wickham Market, Kesgrave, Felixstowe, Martlesham and Purdis Farm in the south.

The collections will then be rolled out across the rest of the district over the next few months - and by May 2025, all areas of East Suffolk will be covered.

Cllr Sally Noble, East Suffolk Council’s cabinet member for the Environment, said: "Having seen the popularity of the collection banks for small electricals which we previously trialled in some of our towns, we know that residents want to dispose of their electrical items properly and so we are confident people will be keen to make the most of these new kerbside collections."

Householders in East Suffolk are being urged to recycle their electricals via a new kerbside collections trial. Picture: Mick Howes (Image: Mick Howes) Scott Butler, executive director of Material Focus, said: "We are pleased to support East Suffolk Council and the new kerbside collection trial that addresses the pressing issue of e-waste."

To find your nearest recycling point visit recycle your electricals.