\n The new service allows residents to place items such as kettles, hair dryers, and handheld power tools on top of their recycling containers for collection on their usual recycling day.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Rhys Sinnett, cabinet member for residents\u2019 services, said: “This expansion to our kerbside recycling will not only allow us to remove electrical waste from our black bags but also see more of these unused items put to a new use.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We will all have electrical items that are beyond repair and now they can be collected with the usual recycling for processing rather than ending up in landfill.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Around 75 per cent of old electrical items can be recycled and turned into anything from jewellery, lifesaving equipment to playgrounds.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The scheme supports the council\u2019s efforts to divert electrical waste from landfill and promote responsible recycling.\n<\/p>\n
\n Accepted items include small kitchen appliances (up to a four-slice toaster), irons, radios, extension leads, power cables, and battery chargers.\n<\/p>\n
\n E-cigarettes and vapes can also be recycled through the scheme, but batteries must be removed and the devices placed in a clear plastic bag.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pembrokeshire County Council has also widened the range of household batteries it will collect for recycling.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents can now include rechargeable batteries from laptops, mobile phones, and power tools, as well as lithium button cells and standard AA, AAA, C, D, and 9v batteries.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, larger electrical items such as TVs, vacuum cleaners, microwaves, fridges, freezers, air fryers, and car batteries are not included in the kerbside collection.\n<\/p>\n
\n These items should be taken to a Waste and Recycling Centre for proper disposal.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council is encouraging residents to consider repairing or donating unwanted electricals if they are still in working condition.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to national research, UK households have an average of 30 unused electrical items stored away, adding up to 880 million items across the country.\n<\/p>\n
\n Many of these could be given a second life through repair, donation, or resale.\n<\/p>\n
\n For more information on the new service or to find your nearest recycling centre, visit the council’s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new service allows residents to place items such as kettles, hair dryers, and handheld power tools on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-226697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}