In the UK an average householder owns 25 electrical or electronic appliances and, at present, only 10% of the electrical waste is currently recycled.
Find out how you can recycle your household electrical items in Ipswich.
Small electricals
Electrical items should not be placed in your bins at home (black or blue).
You can recycle small electrical items at Suffolk Recycling Centres in the small electricals container. You can also take them to a local electrical recycling bank.
What can and cannot be taken to the recycling bank
YES please!
- Hair dryers/straighteners
- Kettles
- Toasters
- Irons
- Food mixers
- Small lamps
- Keyboards
- Shavers
- DVD players
- Clocks/clock radios
- Radios
- Small fans
- Battery-operated/electrical toys
- Power tools
- Remote controls
- Phones
NO thank you!
- Batteries
- Cookers
- Fridges/freezers
- Washing machines
- Tumble driers
- Microwave cookers
- Vacuum cleaners
- Light bulbs
- Computer monitors
- TVs
- Rubbish
- Anything that will not fit into the chute
Large electricals
You can recycle large electrical items at Suffolk Recycling Centres in the large domestic appliance section.
Alternatively, there are several organisations that provide collection services within Ipswich for large electrical items.
EACH
EACH accepts donations of good quality furniture or electrical items and can collect them free of charge.
Find out more about EACH's collection service.
Ipswich Furniture Project (IFP)
IFP accepts donations of good quality reusable furniture and household electrical items and will collect them free of charge.
They also offer a chargeable collection service for non-working electrical items larger than a microwave (e.g., TVs, fridges, freezers).