Weee Recycling
WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is anything that has a plug or a battery and is at the end of its useful life.
In the house, old and broken ovens, diswashers and washing machines are examples but don’t forget the small items such as remote controls, batteries, electric shavers and even your old bicycle lamps can also be recycled!
You would be surprised what items you have lying around the house that count as WEEE when they are no longer able to be used.
Battery Recycling
Since September 2008, all shops that sell batteries must take back your waste batteries for free recycling, regardless of whether you purchase anything in their store. This is part of a European Directive which came into force in 2008, to encourage battery recycling across the EU.
Batteries can be recycled in any outlet that sells batteries of similar type. Household batteries such as AA, AAA and button cell batteries can be brought back to your local supermarket, newsagent or discount store. Car batteries can be brought back to your local garage or motor factor, and electric fence batteries can be brought to your local agri-store.
WEEE Ireland have distributed 100,000 battery recycling boxes to shops around the country. Look out for the blue battery box in stores near you.
Once full, the batteries collected in My Battery Recycling Box can be recycled in the following ways:
- Empty it into the larger blue battery box at your local battery retailer
- Bring it to your local recycling centre
- Recycle batteries at WEEE Ireland’s special collection events
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is taken back in our Market street store FREE of charge. Waste batteries including rechargeable batteries are taken back free of charge in this store. You are not obliged to make and purchases when returning old batteries here.
WEEE take back premises:
12 Market Street, Galway City.
For more information on WEEE please visit www.weeeireland.ie