Batteries, vapes and electrical items should never be placed in your rubbish bin.

Batteries and hidden batteries within electrical items can cause fires that quickly spread and are difficult to extinguish, causing widespread damage.

A small bag of broken small/medium-sized electrical items such as kettles and toasters can be collected through the TRAID kerbside collection service as long as you are recycling two bags of clothes at the same time.

Larger electrical items can be taken to one of our Reuse and Recycling sites or collected for a charge via our bulky waste collection service.

Batteries

Residents can collect household batteries and take them to our two Reuse and Recycling Centres, council libraries, Civic Offices, Bexleyheath and most large supermarkets where they have designated containers for recycling.