Recycle your small electrical devices (WEEE banks)

What a small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) bank is, what you can take to a WEEE bank, what you cannot take, where you can take your items in Renfrewshire, and what happens next.

What a small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) bank is

Small electrical and electronic equipment is anything that is powered by a battery or plug.

You can recycle any unwanted, damaged or broken electricals at our small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) banks at Renfrewshire libraries.

The project to install WEEE banks in our libraries is funded by Material Focus' Electricals Recycling Fund.

What you can take to a WEEE bank

Our WEEE banks accept electrical and electronic equipment with a plug, battery, or cable, but they must be smaller than the size of a toaster.

You can take small waste electricals to our WEEE banks, such as:

kettles
hairdryers
irons
sandwich makers
electric whisks
small blenders
curling tongs
electric razors
electrical toothbrushes
small children's toys
power cords and plugs
small speakers.

They can be new, or they can be old, damaged, or faulty.

Kitchen items, such as a sandwich maker or small blender, must be clean and free from food residue.

A smaller bin will be placed beside the WEEE banks for standard household batteries (AA and AAA). You should remove these before placing electricals in the WEEE bank.

For larger electrical and electronic equipment, you can order a bulky waste collection from your home or take them to our household waste recycling centres.

See what items you can and cannot bring to our household waste recycling centres.

What you cannot take to a WEEE bank

You cannot take these items to a WEEE bank:

lightbulbs
batteries
rechargeable vapes
power tools
rechargeable items such as smart home devices
laptops, tablets and phones
items which have food waste on them.

We will not accept anything which has a lithium-ion battery due to health and safety concerns over these items.

You can take these and larger waste electrical and electronic equipment, such as fridges, freezers and washing machines, to our household waste recycling centres.

Where you can take your items

You can take your small waste electrical and electronic equipment to WEEE banks at all 12 libraries in Renfrewshire:

What happens next

Items taken to our WEEE banks will be collected twice monthly by electronics recycling company WEEE Scotland.

Renfrewshire Council