Recycle your small electricals at libraries and leisure centres across Cornwall

Cornwall’s residents can recycle unwanted or broken small electrical items at several libraries and leisure centres across the Duchy until January.

Cornwall Council has teamed up with REPIC to provide temporary collection points for small electrical items. This includes most items with a plug, battery or cable. The items that are collected will then be sent away and recycled.

Electricals the size of a toaster/kettle or smaller can be put in the boxes. Examples include old chargers, mobile phones, cables, hair stylers/driers, handheld kitchen equipment, electrical games, keyboards, speakers, radios and DVD players.

Please do not include vapes, electrical cigarettes, lightbulbs, loose batteries or large appliances.

Councillor Carol Mould, Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhoods at Cornwall Council, said: “I’d like to thank REPIC for providing these boxes and arranging the collections.

“Most of us will have a few broken items in the home which we keep meaning to take to the Household Recycling Centre. This is a brilliant initiative, and I hope people make the most of it while it’s in place.”

Graeme Milne, Chief Executive at REPIC, said: “As an industry, we’re united in raising awareness about the importance of recycling end of life electricals. With 823 million electrical items lying unused in homes, the launch of these collection points will provide an essential service for residents to safely and responsibly recycle. It’s a simple but effective way for everyone to contribute to reducing the environmental impact of electronic waste, while also enabling the recovery of valuable materials that can be reused.”

The boxes can be found at the following locations:

Leisure centres

1. Bodmin Leisure Centre
2. Bude Leisure Centre
3. Camelford Leisure Centre
4. Carn Brea Leisure Centre
5. Helston Leisure Centre
6. Launceston Leisure Centre
7. Lux Park Leisure Centre (Liskeard)
8. Newquay Leisure World
9. Penzance Leisure Centre
10. Saltash Leisure Centre
11. St Austell Leisure Centre
12. St Ives Leisure Centre
13. Truro Leisure Centre
14. Wadebridge Sports and Leisure Centre

Libraries

1. Bodmin Library
2. Callington Library
3. Camborne Library
4. Helston Library
5. Launceston Library
6. Newquay Library
7. Lostwithiel Library
8. Penryn Library
9. Penzance Library
10. Perranporth Library
11. Redruth Library
12. Saltash Library
13. St Agnes Library
14. St Columb Library
15. St Ives Library
16. St Just Library
17. Torpoint Library
18. Truro Library
19. Wadebridge Library
20. East Mobile Library service