FOI request (FOIR-722541653)

Electrical Waste (WEEE) Recycling

Requested Thu 12 June 2025
Responded Mon 23 June 2025

Please could you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the collection and processing of electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) by your council:

1. How many tonnes of electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) were collected for recycling or disposal by your council in the most recent full calendar year?

2. What proportion of your council’s total household waste (by weight) did WEEE represent in the same period?

3. Does your council offer kerbside collection of electrical waste, or must residents take items to a designated collection point (for example, household waste recycling centres)?

4. How many designated WEEE drop-off points are currently available in your council area?

5. What was the total cost to the council of collecting and processing WEEE in the most recent full year?

6. Do you work with any third-party contractors or registered schemes to handle WEEE?

7. What percentage of the WEEE collected is ultimately:

a. Recycled

b. Reused

c. Landfilled or incinerated

8. Has your council undertaken any public awareness campaigns or community initiatives regarding WEEE recycling in the past three years?

9. Does your council track fly-tipping incidents involving electrical items separately from general fly-tipping?

10. Are there any planned changes or improvements to WEEE recycling services in your area within the next 12 months?

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Response

The Freedom of Information Act is based on recorded information held by a local authority, it is not a tool to ask questions.

For 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 Hastings Borough Council is the Waste Collection Authority, not Disposal Authority.

1.

Large WEEE - 8.41 tonnes

Small WEEE - 38.13 tonnes

Televisions - 5.157 tonnes

Fridges - 38.926 tonnes = Total 78.852

2. Total household waste - 19130.30 tonnes, Total WEEE - 78.852 tonnes = 0.4%

3. Information not held – This is a question and not a request for recorded information.

4. Only 1 Household Recycling site.

5. Information not held, this is included within the contract.

6. Information not held – This is a question and not a request for recorded information.

7. Hastings Borough Council is the Waste Collection Authority, not a Disposal Authority.

8. Yes, at least 5 social media posts in 3 years, via Facebook, including residents placing electricals in refuse collection vehicles causing fires, with extra information on how to recycle WEEE provided.

9. Information not held – This is a question and not a request for recorded information.

10. Information not held – this is a question and not a request for recorded information.