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I think that the recycling points at supermarkets are actually run by the supermarkets themselves.  They are unfortunately often misused by the public.Have you considered taking any of your electrical goods to Curry's?  Or whoever you were buying a replacement from if you were.  Curry's PC World actually will take some smaller electric/electronic items together with any larger appliance you are recycling when you buy a new appliance.  They do change what they do every so often so it is worth checking probably more than once to make sure you are given the correct information.There are often special recycling arrangements in September when Recycling Week falls. I'm sure there was one where you could just take your small electrical items into Curry's for recycling. Our Waste Disposal Authority - West London Waste Authority - has lots of information on how to dispose of particular items and also offers a Bulky Waste Collection.  You can also run a collection in conjunction with them - I remember them having a collection point for electrical/electronic items at Chiswick Library and at Leisure Centres for a set time eg a week.There is nothing to stop anyone asking for or organising a special skip collection in a specific location with their Council and/or the Waste London Waste Authority say for Recycling Week.  I've noticed that Wandsworth do this.The British Heart Foundation sells some electrical/electronic stuff when they are working which they aren't right now because of the pandemic.  They collect.  They have to check out and test electrical stuff before they can sell it.https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/11/ikea-will-buy-back-your-old-furniture-from-black-friday/(delayed because of the pandemic)

Philippa Bond ● 1132d

We used it a lot more when we couldn't recycle any plastics kerbside.We used it more when we couldn't take dead light bulbs and batteries back to Sainsbury's and Robert Dyas and Ikea etc.We used it more when we couldn't recycle cardboard kerbside.  I wrote to the Council and complained when we couldn't recycle cardboard at Stirling Road and I was told to take it to Greenford that was a great many years ago now.  We used it more when we couldn't arrange for the company that we were buying electrical goods from to take away the old one.We used it more before we had electrical and electronic collection banks in the streets (or in the case of LBH in a carrier bag with the recycling.As far as I can remember we've always had charity shops and charity banks for clothing.  We can also recycle clothing in a see-through bag in our kerbside green box or for some on top of the blue wheelie bin.  There are companies that will collect clothing.We have some street recycling banks still for glass jars and bottles, tins and cans, paper and card, and household hard plastic food packaging. A lot of plastic film can be recycled in the recycling banks at large supermarkets (eg at the entrance at Chiswick Sainsbury's).  Stirling Road has not been open for commercial vehicles and commercial waste for years and that has been expected to be taken to Greenford or Space Waye and is chargeable.You can sell lots of stuff on Ebay or Gumtree or various other websites.  You can offer stuff for free on Freegle and Freecycle using www.trashnothing.com where whoever you choose to give something to has to collect it.  There are other websites.It has been changing for years.  https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201167/rubbish_and_recyclinghttps://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20002/recycling_and_rubbishYou can check what you can recycle and how in the info on your Council's website above.You can find out more about the Circular Economy here:https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept   

Philippa Bond ● 1133d