Recycling electrical items

Bring small electrical items for recycling to libraries

You can now recycle small electricals in Harrow’s libraries. We’ve launched this scheme across all 6 council owned libraries. It means you can now recycle small electrical items closer to home. Look out for the pink bins in your local library.

In the libraries next to the electricals recycling bins are smaller bins for donating laptops. These bins are clearly labelled. Make sure to remove any memory cards and personal data from devices before disposing of electronics.

Important

Batteries should be disposed of separately. Batteries can be taken to Harrow’s Recycling Centre:

Recycling centre

Participating Libraries

For more information on Harrow’s libraries and opening hours see our libraries page: Libraries in Harrow – London Borough of Harrow.

Accepted Items

There is a size limit to items that can be accepted, electricals should be smaller than 25cm x 25cm, roughly the size of a four-slice toaster.

  • Small appliances such as blenders, irons, kettles and toasters.
  • Small household electricals such as alarm clocks, CD players, electric toothbrushes, hairdryers, games consoles, radios and small speakers.
  • Personal technology such as cameras and headphones.
  • Cables and Plugs

Items not accepted

  • Batteries
  • Large electrical items such as floor lamps, fridges and freezers, lawnmowers, microwaves and televisions.
  • Lightbulbs
  • Vapes and e-cigarettes

You can bring batteries, larger electricals, lightbulbs and vapes to our recycling centre. We have drop-off bays specifically for these items.  Find out how you can book a visit to our recycling centre. If your electrical item is in good working order you can donate it to a local charity shop.

Large electrical items

Large items are broken down and used for parts. It may be difficult to bring your items to the recycling centre. If so, we have a bulky waste collections service. Our bulky waste team collects:

  • fridges and freezers
  • washing machines
  • tumble dryers
  • and other large items.

To find out more, see our bulky waste collection page. For more details about electrical waste, see the West London Waste website.