Householders in Perth’s Bertha Park area can now recycle electrical items and household batteries at the local school.
Locals are being asked to bring small items that need to be recycled to the Bertha Park High School reception while household batteries for recycling should be placed in the school’s ‘Battery Recycling Caddy’.
The campaign runs until January 21, 2022 and is part of the wider ‘Recycle for Bertha Park to Reduce Climate Change’ campaign that was launched last year after PKC’s Waste Services Team pledged to look at using the new development at Bertha Park as a best practice case study for householders reducing waste.
The aim of the temporary pink and grey WEEE Bins in the High School is to encourage pupils and householders to get into the habit of diverting small electrical items from landfill.
Anything powered by a plug or a battery should be diverted from landfill, including kettles, timers, electronic scales, toasters, telephones, hair-straighteners, leads, chargers, speakers, remote controls, children’s electrical toys, radios, lamps, sat-navs, IT equipment, DIY tools, powered garden tools and gadgets.
Convenor of the council’s environment and infrastructure committee, Councillor Angus Forbes, said: “The small electrical items are so easy to discard in the general waste bin without another thought but as we all work together to reduce climate change, one simple new habit that we can all adopt is to separate these types of items for recycling.
“Keep a reusable bag at home for old, broken or unwanted electrical and electronic equipment, plus a battery recycling box, and start diverting these items from landfill.
“The valuable components and resources inside can be salvaged and remanufactured into something new.”
Operations manager for council contractors Electrolink Recycling Ltd Martyn Parfitt added: “We are delighted to continue providing funding for WEEE recycling projects with Perth and Kinross Council.
“Currently, many small electrical appliances end up in people’s bins.
“This initiative, and others, will help spread the message that small electricals must be recycled, and components reused, and not simply disposed of as waste.”
Elsewhere in Perth and Kinross small and large electrical items can be diverted for reuse or recycling via the council’s recycling centres.
Alternatively, small electrical items can be dropped off at selected recycling points in Scone, Oakbank and Auchterarder.
To find out more about council recycling facilities go to www.pkc.gov.uk/berthapark or www.pkc.gov.uk/weee, email recycle@pkc.gov.uk or telephone the council’s customer service centre on 01738 476476.
