We seem to have lots of cables/leads piling up in our home. I have no idea what most of them are or what to do with them. Where do we take the ones we don’t want?
Martine Guy ● 2454d3 Comments
How about advertising them on Freegle or as a giveaway on Nextdoor Neighbour? If you don't use either of those sites, then the tip at Wandsworth will accept cables. They have a separate bin for them.
Denzil Darby ● 2454d
Thank you, Denzil. I think we will take them on our next trip to the tip.
Martine Guy ● 2453d
I was just thinking about posting to say to label your chargers and cables! This weekend I wanted to use my lovely Wedgwood/Russell Hobbs percolator which sits on the top of a cupboard - only to find that the flex was missing. It used to drop half way through the holes in the metal drawer in the cupboard below so at some point must have been moved to allow the drawer to run properly. Him Indoors has fallen in love with a newly discovered WEEE recycling bank and keeps wandering around collecting things for it. I maintain that anything that works should go elsewhere as recycling is an end of life solution and reuse is better. Sometimes you can't immediately remember what a cable is for. I can search out the manuacturer or have a look on espares but I'd rather not have to.Here's what Wandsworth Borough say:https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/rubbish-and-recycling/how-to-recycle-an-item/electrical-equipment/Restart parties and Repair Cafes are a brilliant idea and hopefully will keep on spreading.
Philippa Bond ● 2452d