Electronic and electrical equipment

Where is it taken?

• WEEE A: Large appliances - EMR, Sharpness
• WEEE B: Fridges/freezers - Asdor
• WEEE C: TVs and monitors - Mekatek, Llantrisant
• WEEE D: Bulbs/lamps - Balcan Engeering Ltd, Horncastle
• WEEE E: Small appliances - SIMS, Bristol
• Mobile phones: J R Padley, Ledbury
• Vapes/E-cigarettes: Wastecare, Normanton

What happens to it?

Large and small electrical appliances are recycled and their different metals separated to be recycled into new products. 

Mobile phones are sorted, batteries are removed and sent for recycling at an authorised treatment facility. Chargers, cables and other miscellaneous items are sent to a different facility for recycling.

End market

UK

End products

Recycled metals ready to be used to produce more products.

📺 Find out more about TV recycling by watching our video taken at the facility here 🎥👉 TV recycling - what happens to them?