Recycling Old Electric Rides, Chargers and Batteries
Rule one: boards and other electric rides, chargers and lithium-ion batteries never leave the house with the rubbish or the household recycling. Crushed in a refuse lorry or at a sorting plant, a lithium-ion cell can catch fire.
The symbol: a wheelie bin, crossed out
Wherever you see it on an electrical item or a battery, that item belongs in a separate collection rather than general waste, so its materials can be recovered and harmful substances kept out of landfill.
Where an old electric ride, charger or battery goes
- Switch it off; the battery stays inside. Removing it is a job for a recycler, not for you.
- Take it to your council's recycling centre and hand it in with the small electricals; ask the staff, as many centres keep items containing lithium-ion batteries apart. Your council's website lists the nearest centre and its opening times; find your council on GOV.UK. [TO CONFIRM: recycling locator link provided by our WEEE scheme]
- Swollen, leaking or hot battery? Keep it out of car boots and out of the post. Ring the council or the recycling centre first and ask how they want it brought in.
Handing an old board back to us
[TO CONFIRM: take-back route – keep option A or option B and delete the other]
Option A: we belong to the DTS (Distributor Take Back Scheme), which is how we meet our take-back duty: council recycling centres in the scheme accept old electricals from you free of charge.
Option B: buy a new board from us and we accept your old one, like for like, at no cost. Talk to us first – an old board still has its lithium-ion battery inside, which only a suitable courier may carry. Arrange a take-back.
Our registration
[TO CONFIRM: WEEE producer number and route (authorised representative or compliance scheme)]
[TO CONFIRM: battery producer registration]
The battery you still use
How to store and charge a battery, and what to do when it wears out, is covered in battery care and replacement.