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Could your broken kitchen gadget be fixed? Maybe someone you know would welcome your surplus soda stream? Or could you donate that spare blender to a charity? If your slow cooker is failing to keep pace, sell it.
Fish out your old kitchen “FadTech” electricals! What to do when your hots for the air fryer cools off? Or the bread maker fails to rise to the challenge of daily life? Donate or recycle, that’s what.
DID YOU KNOW?
That’s how many barely used appliances are cluttering up UK kitchens – from one-hit-wonder waffle makers to takes-too-much-effort toastie makers.
Watch TV host and presenter of the Gadget Show Ortis Deley, and actor and presenter Joanna Page getting hot under the collar about our obsession with “FadTech” kitchen electricals and why we hold onto them for so long.
Find a box or bag where you can stash all your old electrical bits and pieces – from milk frother to crock pot – until you next visit the recycling centre, or until collection day if you have one.
Simply enter your postcode in our recycling locator to find your nearest recycling point. And you’re cooking.
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Thousands of shops across the UK will now recycle your old kitchenware when you buy new from them. Some retailers take back all old electricals for recycling or refurbishment, even if you’re not buying something new. #zerowaste
Easy! Find your nearest electrical recycling collection or drop-off point by simply entering your postcode in our handy locator. There are more than 26,600 drop-off points around the country.
Some councils collect electricals for recycling – either with the regular waste collection or by special arrangement. That includes kitchen gadgets of all kinds. Contact your council or check their website to find out. Use our recycling locator.
Many supermarkets, car parks and designated roadside areas have electrical recycling drop-off points, or ‘bring banks’. Be sure to check if your nearest recycling bank can take larger items like coffee machines and soup makers.
Check with your local council whether they want you to mix electricals with your other recycling (like paper, card and glass). They might need you to separate it, and they might provide a special collection service.
No, please don’t. Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be refurbished for someone else to use, or the valuable materials they contain can go into new products. Find out where to reuse or recycle all your electrical appliances using our handy locator.
You have loads of options. Like anything with a plug, battery or cable, an old slow cooker can be refurbished for reuse, or recycled so that the valuable materials it contains can go to make new products. If you’re buying a new appliance the most convenient option might be to get the retailer to take your old one off your hands – it’s known as the take-back scheme. For your nearest reuse or recycling drop-off point, consult our handy online locator.
Easy – pop your postcode in our handy online locator. We have more than tens of thousands of drop-off points in our database. There’s bound to be one near you.
Like anything with a plug, battery or cable, an electric counter-top grill – such as the “George Foreman” type – can be recycled when it no longer holds its own. Find your nearest reuse and recycling drop-off point using our handy locator.
Electricals, including kitchen gadgets, contain valuable materials like aluminium and copper. So make you sure you squeeze every last drop of value out of your juicer by repairing, donating or even selling it. Failing that, recycling is getting easier all the time. Find your nearest reuse and recycling drop-off point by popping your postcode into our locator.
First, check out the benefits of repairing electricals. If you decide your coffee pod machine can’t be fixed, find your nearest recycling point using our handy locator.
If your waffle machine is still working, try selling it or donating it to charity. If it’s beyond use, recycle it – find your nearest drop-off point by entering your postcode in our recycling locator.
Yes, like anything with a plug, battery or cable, you can recycle an electric ice cream maker. You can either take it to a store that’s part of the retailer takeback scheme, donate it to charity or, if it’s beyond use, recycle it. Find your nearest recycling drop-off point using our locator.
