El Cid Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 All around the country, councils are bringing in charges for some type of waste collection. In Leeds they are starting a £20 fee for large item collection and charges for new bins. It all seems rather random, pay for this, but not that. Do you pay charges? The EU WEEE directive imposes the responsibility for the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment on the manufacturers or distributors of such equipment. It requires that those companies establish an infrastructure for collecting WEEE, in such a way that "Users of electrical and electronic equipment from private households should have the possibility of returning WEEE at least free of charge". Do councils claim money back from the retailers and manufactures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I think the council have been charging to collect & dispose of large items for quite a while-sofas for example. The last I heard was that the cost was about £10 per item in Rotherham. It may have increased now. I can't comment on electrical items other than they let you take them to the local recycle site. What is WEEE an abbreviation of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 You can take your old electrical equipment to any of the dump-it sites around sheffield and dispose of them free of charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 What is WEEE an abbreviation of? waste electrical and electronic equipment ?? Isn't the big and bulky collection about 20 quid from SCC (or Amey?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 At the recycle centre/dump-it site in Rotherham, the electrical stuff is segregated in to a shipping container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spilldig Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 You can take your old electrical equipment to any of the dump-it sites around sheffield and dispose of them free of charge. If you have access to a vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 If you have access to a vehicle. The council makes a service available, the rest of your life is up to you though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 If you have access to a vehicle. Presumably you got it to your house ok, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargepole23 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Presumably you got it to your house ok, correct? Come on, you'll be expecting people to take responsibility for their own actions next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 If you have access to a vehicle. Then public transport is available or you can pay someone to come collect it... the disposal is still free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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