What to do with your small unwanted electricals

We want to make it easier for you to repair or pass on your small unwanted electrical items. Thanks to funding from Virgin Media O2, we’ve created a map showing where you can repair, donate, sell or recycle your unwanted tech in Portsmouth.

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Looking to re-home your old smartphone?

Find out more about our Re-Home Your Old Smartphone project.

Concerned about Your Data

There’s a handy guide on Recycle Your Electrical’s website, which provides guidance from We Fight Fraud and the Government’s National Cyber Security Centre, on how to remove data from various devices.  And if you’d like help to move data, you can book a repair slot with one of our IT volunteers by contacting us.

Collection from your door

Did you know that Portsmouth City Council will also collect some items with your kerbside collections, if you live in a house in PO1 – PO6. Find out more about collections of small electrical items, to be placed on top of your green bin, and batteries, placed on top of your black bin.

National Retailers & Organisations

You can find lots of information about national retailers who provide recycling solutions, and peer-to-peer sites such as eBay, Gumtree etc for selling items, on the Recycle Your Electricals website.

Why do we need the map?

There are approximately 880 million unused electrical items stashed away in UK homes, that’s a staggering 40 items per average UK household according to Material Focus.

Part of the solution to the climate crisis is to ensure our gadgets last longer and when they’re no longer usable, that we make use of the many precious metals and components that are in them.

Many local residents have told us that they simply don’t know what to do with their unwanted gadgets, so this map is one way that we are helping people to give their items a second-life.

Does our map need updating?

We’d love your help in keeping this map up-to-date. Spot something missing? Visit the map and click ‘Add item’. Something incorrect? Find the entry on the map and click on ‘Suggest Changes’. Thank you for helping us keep this map up-to-date and useful for everyone in the city.

Want to do something similar for your community?

If you live elsewhere and would like some tips on how to rehome unwanted electricals in your community, we’ve developed a toolkit which you can view here and we hosted a webinar which is still available to watch here.