Norwich City Council, Breckland District Council, Broadland District Council, North Norfolk District Council and Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk offer an electrical, battery and textile collection service for their residents.

Items will be collected weekly on your normal collection day.

Please place items in a tied weatherproof standard size carrier bag, or smaller, next to your rubbish or recycling bin by 6:30am for collection. You can put more than one bag out for collection.

Items must be:

  • Contained in the bag or they will not be collected
  • Items must be separated by waste type: place electrical items in one bag, batteries in another and textiles in another.

Please note:

  • Items that are in larger bags, such as bin liners and black sacks will not be collected
  • Bags must be weatherproof
  • Bags cannot be returned

If the bin truck is too full, your bag might not be taken. If that happens, just leave it out again next week.

+ Small Electrical Collection

Items we can collect:

We can accept items that fit in a carrier bag.

Example items include:

  • Toasters and kettles
  • Blenders
  • Irons

 

  • Games consoles
  • Cables and Chargers
  • Electronic Tablets such as Ipad
  • Laptops ( please remove all personal data)
  • Torches
  • Calculators
  • Cameras
  • Telephones
  • Hair Dryers and Accessories
  • Electronic Toothbrushes
  • Shavers
  • Small Power Tools
  • Small Lamps
  • LED Lights
  • Christmas Lights

Please remove batteries from electrical items and place them in a separate bag for collection. 

Items we cannot collect:

  • Microwaves
  • TVs and PC monitors
  • White goods such as dishwashers, fridges and washing machines
  • Lightbulbs
  • Commercial items or those from a Business
  • Glass or ceramic items such as slow cookers and glass kettles

Please check with your local council for a full list of items.

+ Battery Collection

Norwich City Council, Breckland District Council, Broadland District Council, North Norfolk District Council and King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council offer a battery collection service for their residents.

Items will be collected weekly on your normal collection day.

Please place items in a tied weatherproof standard size carrier bag, or smaller, next to your rubbish or recycling bin by 6:30am for collection. You can put more than one bag out for collection.

Battery types we can collect:

  • Household batteries AA, AAA, C, D, 6V, 9V
  • Mobile phone batteries
  • Rechargeable batteries – Li ion
  • Button batteries including hearing aid batteries

Batteries we cannot collect:

  • Large batteries such as those designed for vehicles
  • Sealed lead acid/gel batteries

+ Textiles Collection

Some areas have textile banks for the collection and recycling of old textiles and clothes, visit our Bin Genie to find a bank near you.

Textiles we can collect:

  • clothing
  • blankets
  • towels
  • pillowcases, sheets and duvet covers
  • hats
  • belts
  • handbags
  • shoes tied together in pairs

Textiles we cannot collect:

  • duvets
  • pillows
  • cushions
  • soiled textiles