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student Blogs06 May 2026

The tech you toss matters: A student guide to small electrical recycling at Essex

Sustainability Team

In a world where technology evolves quickly, our homes are filling up with forgotten gadgets like, unused chargers, keyboards and headphones. These little items add up to a big problem. Millions of tonnes of small electrical waste end up in landfill each year, despite containing valuable materials like copper, aluminium, gold, and rare earth metals that can be recovered and reused.

Recycling small electricals isn’t just about decluttering; it’s a simple, powerful action that helps conserve resources, reduce carbon emissions, and protect our environment from hazardous waste.

How can you help?

We are setting up 3 boxes across our Colchester campus for students or staff to drop off the below items.

The 3 boxes are located in:

SU reception
IT reception in Silberrad Student Centre
EMS helpdesk

What you can recycle:

Cables and leads (USBs, power cables, HDMIs, extension leads)
Keyboards and computer mice
Wired headphones, earphones, and basic desktop speakers
Small accessories without storage (webcams, card readers, basic USB hubs)
Simple desk items like calculators

Items we cannot accept:

Laptops, phones, and tablets
USB sticks, hard drives, and SD cards
Vapes, power banks, and loose batteries: These cause fires in standard WEEE bins.
Printers or ink/toner cartridges.
Kitchen appliances
TV’s or computer monitors

Please check our A-Z here for where you can dispose of other items.

About the Author:

Sustainability Team

We have a dedicated team, in a broad range of roles, contributing to sustainable development across our campuses. We are committed to the promotion of sustainability to a variety of stakeholders, to conserve the local environment for our students, staff, the wider community and our resident wildlife.

For enquiries contact your Student Services Hub
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester CO4 3SQ

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