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Recycle your old electrical items
Dec 31 2009 by Kathryn Quayle, Chester Chronicle
Did you know that on average we have three old, broken or unwanted small electrical items lying about our homes.
That means that we have around 22kgs of small electrical products per household which is equivalent to 188 mobile phones or 22 hairdryers.
We tend to recycle large electrical items like washing machines, but when it comes to small items like kettles and toasters, a third of us just throw them away.
A typical iron contains enough steel to make 13 food cans.
Remember to take unwanted or old electrical items to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre.
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