Derbyshire Dales District Council - Small WEEE Collection Service

On Monday 4th February Derbyshire Dales District Council are launching a Small WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Collection Service for residents. Small WEEE items with a plug, battery or cable can be recycled using the free weekly collection.

Serco will collect small unwanted or non-working WEEE items left out for recycling.

Please place small WEEE items, loose, by the side of your bins/sacks/caddies by 7am on your weekly waste collection day. These items will then be collected by our food collection vehicles, which have cages fitted to the underside.

What is small WEEE?

Small WEEE is classed as small handheld items that require a plug or battery as listed below:

• Small kitchen appliances (kettle, toaster, sandwich toaster, iron etc)
• Hair dryers, hair straighteners, hair clippers, shavers
• Clocks, alarm clocks, watches, calculators and torches
• Remote controls, keyboards, computer mouse, laptops, mobile phones, cameras and chargers
• Radios, sat navs, mini hi-fis, CD and MP3 players
• Electric toothbrush
• Small electronic toys, e.g. remote control car
• Small electrical DIY tools (please remove all batteries)
• Christmas lights
• Docking stations
• Small fans

If the item is not on the list – Please do not leave the item out for collection.

If you are leaving anything that may contain personal details on, e.g. mobile phones, tablets or sat navs, please ensure that they are reset and all personal data is erased from the device.

Please leave cables and plugs attached to items and remove all batteries.

Larger electrical items such as microwaves, electric fires, televisions and computer screens cannot be collected on the kerbside collection. Please do not leave these out for collection, they will need to be taken to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre or collected through the bulky collection service through the DDDC, for a small fee.

For more information on the small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment scheme and what items can be collected, please visit

Small waste from electrical and electronic equipment - Derbyshire Dales District Council

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