Electronics

Recycle Your Electricals

Recycle Your Electricals is a UK-wide campaign motivating and making it easier for everyone to reuse and recycle unwanted electricals, ensuring we make the most of the valuable materials in them.

Using this website, you can find your nearest recycling point for any electrical items you wish to say goodbye to. Furthermore, you can learn more about what you can recycle and where it goes.

British Red Cross

You can donate your electrical items to your local British Red Cross charity shop. All of your donations must be in good condition and safe to use. As with every donation, it’s best to contact your local charity shop ahead of your visit, to ensure your items will be welcomely received.

They are particularly in need of:

• TVs, DVD players, and other media players

• small electrical appliances, such as lamps, games consoles and hair straighteners

Please do not donate:

• gas appliances

• microwaves and electric heaters

• computer hard drives

• mobility scooters.

Some shops accept white goods such as fridges, washing machines, and dishwashers. Their charity shops may be able to collect items of furniture or appliances that you are not able to bring in yourself. Contact your local charity shop to find out if they can collect your items.

Sue Ryder

Through donating your electrical items to Sue Ryder, not only can your unwanted electrical items make someone else’s day that much brighter, all profits go straight to supporting their palliative, neurological and bereavement support.

Electrical items they can't accept:

• home-recorded DVDs, video and audio tapes

• home-recorded computer games and software

• PCs computer hard drives, laptops and notepads

• 18 rated videos or DVDs

• electric blankets

• electric showers

• sun beds and tanning equipment

• waste disposal units

• white goods (fridges, dishwashers etc)

• mobile phones

To donate your electrical items, just take them into your local Sue Ryder shop. Please note, not all of their shops can take electrical items, so please call ahead first to check.

Emmaus Greenwich

Emmaus Greenwich will accept electrical items such as washing machines, fridge freezers, alongside smaller electrical items such as flat-screen TVs and lamps.

They are happy to accept most household items in saleable condition. Where possible they ask that you drop-off your donated items to any of their three shops across South East London. They offer a free collection service but like most charities that offer a collection service, they may only offer this if you are donating furniture. To arrange a free collection click here to complete our online form or call them on 020 8854 3426.

British Heart Foundation

The BHF enables you to donate your unwanted furniture, homeware and electrical items using their free collection service. There are particularly in need of the following electronics:

• iPhones

• iPads

• Androids

• High-end electronics

You can post your donations to them for free. Simply download a freepost label, print it out and attach to your box of items you’d like to donate, before dropping if off at your nearest participating Collect+ store. Click here for more information.

Marie Curie Cancer Care

Marie Curie is charity that provides care and support for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. They are asking for your undamaged, high-quality items which will help our stores raise money. They will accept:

• Working and undamaged household items

• Photography equipment

You can freepost your items directly to the charity using the Collect+ store locator to find your nearest drop off point. At times, the charity offers a pick-up service, however if the form does not show up on their website, this means the service is temporarily unavailable.

FARA

FARA will accept some of your used electronics in their charity shops. Your valued donations are also shared to their FARA e-commerce website. They do not accept:

• large, non-flat screen television sets

• computer hard drives

• white goods (e.g. fridges, cookers, freezers)

• any safety equipment (child car seats)

• electric blankets

They can only sell electrical items that have been tested and meet legal safety requirements of the British Standard or European equivalent. Items that do meet required standards can be donated and they will PAT test them prior to sale.

If you have a query about an item you wish to donate please call FARA Shops Head Office on 0208 973 0910 or email mail@faracharityshops.org for advice. Please contact FARA Shops directly before making a donation of large items to ensure they have space to accommodate them.

Power to Connect

Power to Connect was set up as a partnership between Wandsworth Council and Battersea Power Station (BPS) to raise awareness of digital exclusion and to support local families across Wandsworth. The charity has collected, updated and delivered laptops, tablets and desktop computers to schools and community organisations in Wandsworth, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. 

If you have a used laptop, tablet or desktop, it must be:

• Fully working

• No more than 8 years old

• Have a working charger

Their IT expert volunteers will immediately render any data in on the device inaccessible before refurbishing it ‘as new’ for its new owner. 

Please fill in the Google form to donate your device. Once the donation form has been completed, our team will be in touch with information on how and where to safely leave your device following the Government’s social distancing guidelines.

Your Local Air Ambulance

The established department at Your Local Air Ambulance offers donated IT collections and data wiping for organisations hoping to clear out unwanted IT equipment that can then be resold, reducing the volume that could end up in landfill, all for free. They accept laptops, computers and other working electronics.

If you’re a business considering an IT donation please contact their team to discuss the process and schedule a collection.

For individuals who want to donate one-off items, you can send these through their  postal donation process, drop in-store or at one of their two donation stations. If you are donating a mobile phone, you will need to delete any personal data prior to donation. Here is their guide to help you with this process.

There are certain products that they can arrange a collection for;

• Desktop and Laptop computers

• LCD / Flat Screen Monitors and Televisions (23″ widescreen minimum)

• Audio Visual (AV) equipment

• Mobile Phones and Tablets

• Server and Networking infrastructure

• Hard Drive / SSD / NAS Data Storage

• Media / Video broadcasting equipment

Currys

Currys offer a recycling service for your old electronics. You can drop items off in your nearest store for free. They accept everything from computers to toasters, and floor cleaners to TVs, whether bought from Currys or someone else. To find your nearest store, click here.

Alternatively, if you order anything from the company, hen they deliver your new item they will take your old electronics away. You can add recycling online as part of your order. Prices for this service start from £15. Here are some of the larger appliances they are able to take:

• Washing machines

• Washer dryers

• Tumble dryers

• Dishwashers

• Fridges , freezers & fridge freezers

• Cookers & ovens

• Gas hobs, electric hobs & hoods

• TVs over 44"

If the items you want removed are smaller – for example, kettles, toasters or vacuum cleaners - when they deliver a large appliance - they will take them away for recycling, provided there’s room on their van. This service is free and cannot be added as part of your order.