Electronic recycling

[sarahemjones]

Hi,

Anyone know what I could do with some (really) old electronics? I have quite a bit and have no car, so the Southwark recycling depot isn't an option. The WEEE at Sainsburys is only there on the first Wednesday of every month and only during office hours, so again not an option.

Thank you!

Sarah

[ruffers]

Freecycle?

https://www.freecycle.org/

[sarahemjones]

The electronics don'5 work any more so not sure who would want them!

[ruffers]

You'd be surprised I reckon. What are they?

[Mrs TP]

There is an electronic recycle bin in the car park at Peckham Rye Park. Doesn't take massive stuff though. I put an iron in there recently.

[Boddle]

I went the other day to find the WEEE in Peckham Rye but it was no longer in the car park- where did you find it???

[Mrs TP]

I went in the summer and it was in the car park by the other recycle bins.

[Boddle]

I went to find it in November and it was nowhere to be seen...

[slarti b]

I have been looking for a WEEE recycling facility and, logically, thought about the the Southwark web site.

I initially tried the map of recycling facilities.

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/recycling/recycling-centres/map-of-recycling-facilities

This page is unbelievably bad, error box on first access, no key to symbols, when clicking on the site symbol (presumably should be a description of facilities available) brings up an empty box. Possibly it was designed and built by a 16 year old on work experience but even so is still useless. If it was actually built by someone who was paid for the job they and their managers should be sacked!

Anyway, I managed to find a different map which shows only 2 places for WEEE recycling, both right in North

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/recycling/recycling-centres/weee-banks

If the council is serious about helping people responsibly recycle electronic goods there should be more WEEE facilities in the south of the borough and they should make it easier to find them. If not, people will just throw old electrical stuff in the general rubbish bin or just dump on the side of the road.