Now that Spring has officially kicked-off, this is the perfect time to sort out your house. The easiest bit of Spring Cleaning you can do which will improve your life no end is getting rid of all the clutter you’ve been hoarding over the last few years. Electrical items particularly we find emotionally difficult to part with but you can ensure they find a happy home by recycling them as part of your Spring Clean!

Research shows that on average we each have at least 3 unused electrical items cluttering up our houses. That’s things like old kettles, mobile phones, computers, electric toys, stereos, digital watches, hairdryers, electric toothbrushes, TVs and are you really ever going to use that sandwich-toaster again?

Get a grip! Loose that doomed; “I’m keeping it just in case,” mentality and do something useful with your old electrical items:

- Electrical items that use disposable batteries, have a mains cable or need recharging can all be recycled and the raw materials can then be put to new uses; for example, a typical iron contains enough steel to make 13 food cans! They can all be dropped off at local recycling centres.

- Or a few retailers will actually take back old electrical items in store.

- Or our old electrical items can be put to better use by friends, family or charities. They can often be sold or swapped online too.

www.recyclenow.com

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