Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling

Recycle your small electrical and battery operated items at your local collection point and give them a chance to become something new.

What you can recycle

Small electrical and battery items include:

Freeview boxes
CD players and radios
Remote controls
Electronic toys
Headphones
Hairdryers
Hair straighteners/Curling tongs
Hair trimmers
Electric shavers
Electric toothbrushes
Kettles
Digital alarm clocks
Irons
Toasters
Sandwich makers
Electric scales
Blenders
Power tools
Sat Navs
Digital cameras
Handheld game consoles
Tablets and phones
Extension leads

If the item you are looking to recycle isn't small enough to fit in a carrier bag, please recycle it at one of our Household Waste Recycling Centres.

We do not offer secure data removal or confidentiality of data, therefore it is your responsibility to ensure your information is removed before depositing any item for recycling or reuse.

Batteries

There are also battery recycling tubes available at each collection point. The following household batteries are accepted: 6V, D, 9V, C, AA, AAA, Button. We also accept batteries from electrical and electronic equipment including mobile phone, laptop and power tool batteries. Lithium batteries must have both terminals taped over.

We cannot accept Car Batteries, other Industrial Batteries, or any Battery with a wire connected through this scheme.

Where the local collection points are

Find your nearest collection point

Annfield Plain - Annfield Plain Library, North Road, Catchgate, Annfield Plain, Stanley DH9 8EZ
Barnard Castle - Barnard Castle Library, Witham Building, 2 Hall Street, Barnard Castle, DL12 8JB
Barnard Castle - Teesdale Leisure Centre, Strathmore Road, Barnard Castle, DL12 8DS
Belmont - Belmont Library, Cheveley Court, Belmont, Durham DH1 2AA
Belmont - Age UK County Durham Superstore, Mandale Business Park, Belmont, DH1 1TH
Bishop Auckland -Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP
Bishop Auckland - Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre, Proudfoot Drive, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6PD
Bishop Auckland - Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex, Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JX
Blackhall - Blackhall Community Centre, Hesleden Road, Blackhall Colliery, TS27 4LG
Bowburn - Bowburn Library, 31 Durham Road, Bowburn, Durham DH6 5AT
Brandon - Brandon Library, Lowland Road, Brandon, Durham, DH7 8NN
Burnhope - Burnhope Community Centre, Langley Avenue, Burnhope, DH7 0AG
Chester- le-Street - The Brockwell Centre, 2 Craghead Road, Chester- le-Street, DH2 2NH
Chester-le-Street - Chester-le-Street Leisure Centre, Burns Green, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3QH
Chester-le-Street - REfUSE Café, 143b Front Street, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3AU (Only open for collections Tuesdays to Saturdays 10.00am to 4.00pm)
Chilton - Chilton Library, 1A Durham Road, Chilton, Ferryhill, DL17 0EX
Cockfield - YMCA Teesdale Community Cafe, Lipscomb Hall, Cockfield, DL13 5DL
Consett - Business Durham, Consett Business Park, Villa Real, Consett, DH8 6BP
Consett - Citizens House, Station Road, Consett, DH8 5RL
Consett - Consett Computers, Inside Morrisons, Front Street, Consett, DH8 5RE
Consett - Glenroyd House, Medomsley Road, Consett, DH8 5HL
Consett - MAC Security and Fire Ltd, Hownsgill Drive, Consett, DH8 9HU
Consett - Rendles Furniture, 56-58 Front Street, Consett, DH8 5AL
Cornforth - The Cornforth Partnership, Cornforth House, 68 High Street, Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9HS
Coundon -Coundon Library, Eden Centre, Victoria Lane, Coundon, Bishop Auckland DL14 8NP
Crook - St Catherine's Community Centre, South Street, Crook, DL15 8NE
Durham City - Freeman's Quay Leisure Centre, Freeman's Place, Durham DH1 1SW
Durham City - Clayport Library, 8 Millennium Place, Durham, DH1 1WA
Durham City - St John's Church, Crossgate Peth, Neville's Cross, County Durham, DH1 4DU
Easington Colliery -Easington Colliery Library,Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery, Peterlee SR8 3PN
Escomb - Escomb Village Hall, High Escomb, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7ST (Only open for collections Wednesday's 9.00am to 10.30am)
Esh Winning - Esh Winning Library, College View, Cemetery Road, Esh Winning DH7 9AD
Esh Winning - Hamsteels Community Centre, Western Avenue, Esh Winning, Durham, DH7 9LS
Ferryhill - Dean Bank and Ferryhill Literary Institute, St. Cuthbert's Terrace, Ferryhill, DL17 8PP
Ferryhill - Ferryhill Leisure Centre, Lambton Road, Ferryhill, DL17 8TB
Great Lumley - Great Lumley Community Centre, Front Street, Great Lumley, Chester-le-Street, DH3 4JD
Haswell - The Lisa Dixon Centre, Burt Close, Haswell, Durham, DH6 2DA
Horden - Horden Library, Sunderland Rd, Darlington Ave, Horden, Peterlee SR8 4PF
Lanchester - Lanchester Library, 1 Lee Hill Court, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0QE
Meadowfield - Meadowfield Leisure Centre, John Street North, Meadowfield, DH7 8RG
Murton - Murton Library, Barnes Rd, Murton, Seaham SR7 9QR
Newton Aycliffe - Newton Aycliffe Library, Leisure Centre, Beveridge Arcade, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4EH
Newton Hall - All Saints Church, Newton Hall, Carr House Drive, Durham, DH1 5LT
Ouston - Ouston Community Centre, Iris Crescent, Ouston, Chester-le-Street, DH2 1RJ
Pelton - Pelton Community Centre, Front Street, Pelton, Chester-le-Street, DH2 1DE
Peterlee - Horden Centennial Centre - Seventh Street, Horden, Peterlee, SR8 4LX
Peterlee - Oakerside Community Centre, Oakerside Drive, Peterlee, SR8 1NR
Peterlee - Peterlee Library, Leisure Centre, St Cuthberts Way, Peterlee, SR8 1AF
Pity Me - Abbey Leisure Centre, Abbey Road, Pity Me, DH1 5DQ
Quaking Houses - Quaking Houses Village Hall Association, Second Street, Quaking Houses, Stanley, DH9 7HQ (Only open for collections Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10.00am to 2.00pm)
Sacriston - Sacriston Library, Plawsworth Road, Sacriston DH7 6HU
Sacriston - The Fulforth Centre, Front Street, Sacriston, DH7 6JT
Seaham - Seaham Library, St Johns Square, Seaham SR7 7JE
Seaham - Seaham Leisure Centre, The Recreation Ground, Deneside, Seaham, SR7 8NP
Sedgefield - Sedgefield Library, Front Street, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3AT
Shildon - Shildon Alive, 91-95 Church Street, Shildon, DL4 1DT
Shildon - Shildon Town Council - Council Offices, Civic Hall Square, Shildon, DL4 1AH
Shotton Colliery - Shotton Library, 4 Co-Operative Terrace, Shotton Colliery DH6 2LW
Shotton Colliery - Shotton Community Hub, Bridge Road, Shotton Colliery, DH6 2PQ
South Hetton - The Robin Todd Centre, Front Street, South Hetton, DH6 2TH
South Moor - South Moor Library, Severn Crescent, Stanley DH9 7PX
Spennymoor - Durham County Carers, Enterprise House, Enterprise City, Meadowfield Avenue, Spennymoor DL16 6JF
Spennymoor - Spennymoor Leisure Centre, High Street, Spennymoor, DL16 6DB
Spennymoor - Spennymoor Youth and Community Centre - Rushmoor, Merrington View, Spennymoor, DL16 6PP
Stanley - Business Durham, Tanfield Lea Business Centre, Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9DB
Stanley - Stanley Library, The Louisa Centre, Front Street, Stanley, DH9 0TE
Tanfield Lea - The Activity Den, Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9LU
Thornley- Thornley Library, High Street, Thornley, Durham DH6 3EL
Trimdon - Trimdon Library, Church Road, Trimdon, TS29 6PY
Tudhoe - Tudhoe Community Centre, St David's Close, Tudhoe, DL16 6TA
Ushaw Moor - Ushaw Moor Community Garden, Rear of Durham Road, Ushaw Moor, DH7 7LF (Only Open for collections Saturdays 10.00am to12.00pm)
Wheatley Hill - The Greenhills Centre, Stephen's Terrace, Wheatley Hill, DH6 3JS
Willington - Willington Library, 46A High Street, Willington, Crook, DL15 0PG
Wingate -Wingate Library, 55 Front Street, Wingate TS28 5AA
Witton-le-Wear - Witton-Le-Wear Community Centre, School Street, Witton-le-Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0AS
Wolsingham - Lifestyle Fitness Wolsingham, Leazes Lane, Wolsingham, DL13 3DN

Please note, Durham County Council cannot provide accurate opening times for each collection point as the opening hours of many locations change on a week-by-week basis. Please contact each centre individually for advice on opening hours for that week.

How to enter the competition

Recycle at your local collection point and enter our free monthly competition to be in with a chance to win a prize courtesy of our partners at AO.com.

To enter our monthly competition, contact us by email with the name of the item you recycled (e.g. kettle) and the collection point reference number (the container at each collection point has a number e.g. number 1). You will then be entered into that month's free prize draw. Winners will be picked at random and notified by email. Icon for pdf Terms and conditions (PDF, 130.1kb) apply.

Items that are working and in good condition

If you have items that are unwanted but in working order/good condition, these can be donated to your local reuse charity. Visit Reusing furniture and household items or Recycle for County Durham on Facebook for more information.

How to recycle larger electrical items

Larger electrical items such as TVs and laptop computers can be recycled at any of the household waste recycling centres. Visit Recycling centres (tips) for more information.

Why you should recycle

For every item we recycle, we are reducing the need to use raw materials, which helps save energy and precious resources. Metal can be recycled endlessly, without loss of quality. Did you know, recycling just one toaster will create enough steel to make 25 new cans?

Repair Café

Do you have any items that you think could be repaired? Why not visit our touring Repair Café, where there will be repair, reuse and recycling points for small electrical items.

We're working with County Durham Furniture Help Scheme who will have experts on hand to take a look at your broken item to see if it can be repaired. In some instances we may need to send your item away but a lot of the time a simple fix can be done there and then and for free.

There will also be a swap shop running for any clean clothes in good condition as well as lots of information on repair and reuse from our designated team.

The next Repair Cafés will take place at:

The Guild Building to the rear of Shildon Civic Hall, Civic Hall Square, Shildon DL4 1AH Saturday 18 June 10.00am to 1.00pm

Blackhall Community Centre, Hesleden Rd, Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool TS27 4LG Friday 15 July 10.30am to 1.30pm