Free Electrical Recycling for Kilkenny
FREE ELECTRICAL RECYCLING FOR KILKENNY
WEEE Ireland in parternship with Kilkenny County Council will be holding a free electrical recycling day in three locations across Kilkenny this Saturday. Householders can bring their electrical and electronic waste and batteries to the Kilkenny Mart Cillin Hill, Kilkenny City; Erins Own GAA car park, Castelcomer; or Emerald's GAA car park in Urlingford from 10am to 4pm this Saturday 7th November. Everyone who attends this recycling event will get a free shopping bag worth three euro. These electrical recycling events have been organised following the success of recycling days earlier in March when WEEE Ireland and Kilkenny County Council held electrical recycling days in Mullinavat, Callan and Thomastown. These events collectively generated nearly 48 tonnes of material, which is the equivalent of over 24,000 widescreen TVs!
WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, which is anything from your house with a plug or a battery. This may include large household appliances like fridges and washing machines, but also smaller equipment like toasters, electric toothbrushes and children's toys. The responsible management of this waste is of utmost importance, as many of these items contain substances which may pose a threat to the environment and human health if placed in your black or green bin or dumped illegally.
WEEE Ireland is the Irish compliance scheme for electrical and battery recycling and is responsible for the collection and treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Batteries from collection points throughout the country. As a consumer of electrical items, you are entitled to bring back your waste electrical equipment to your electrical retailer when purchasing an item of similar type, i.e. on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. If you have no intention of replacing a broken or unwanted electrical item, you can bring it back to your local recycling centre free of charge - visit www.recyclefree.ie to find your nearest recycling centre.
It's not just your electrical waste that can be recycled for free, your batteries can be recycled free of charge also. Unlike WEEE, you don't need to purchase anything in order to leave your waste batteries in your local shop. Simply look out for the blue WEEE Ireland battery boxes in your nearest battery retailer, and recycle your batteries free of charge. This privilege isn't just open to users of household batteries, but automotive batteries and farm fence batteries too! You can drop off waste batteries free of charge in outlets that sell batteries of similar type. With an estimated 80 million AA batteries are placed on the Irish market each year, it has never been so important to divert these small but potentially dangerous items from our landfills. For more information on WEEE and Battery recycling, log on to www.recyclefree.ie
