Do you have a ‘cable drawer’? Do you use all the cables in it?
In the UK, we are throwing away, or holding on to, enough cables to reach the moon and back!
Recycle Your Electricals is bringing back their annual The Great Cable Challenge campaign. A nationwide call to action to tackle the millions of cables and other electricals sitting idle across UK households.
Wrexham Council is partnering with them to help Wrexham households recycle their unwanted electricals and give old cables and other electricals a second life.
If all the residents in Wrexham recycled one cable each, we could save at least 675kg of copper from being disposed of and can save valuable copper being lost forever.
By recycling these cables and other old electricals instead of holding onto them, the valuable materials inside these electricals can be reused and recycled into new items including mobile phones, laptops, smart watches, clean energy and even medical equipment.
Residents can take all old cables and electrical items to any of the three household Recycling Centres based across the County Borough.
Cllr Terry Evans, lead member for environmental services, said: “Recycle Your Electricals research has found that two-in-five UK homes keep hold of their small electricals in a ‘drawer of doom’ with millions of cables cluttering our homes. Electrical waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in the UK, and the world, so I would encourage all residents to make use of our recycling centres when something reaches the end of its useful life.”
If you have electricals in good working order you can donate them to the Nightingale House Hospice re-use shop. You can donate to the re-use shop at any of the three recycling centres; just speak to one of the attendants who will show you where you can leave your donated items.
