Lockdown spring cleaning saw record amount of electrical items recycled

The equivalent of more than 46 million used AA portable batteries were also prevented from ending up in landfill, it has been revealed

A record amount of electrical waste was recycled by WEEE Ireland. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA

A surge in lockdown spring cleaning saw a record amount of electrical waste collected by a recycling scheme.

The scheme was one of the best performing recycling in Europe this year, with 38,724 tonnes of waste electrical items – including 120,000 fridges and 200,000 TVs and monitors – recovered.