Barnsley residents are encouraged to join the Great Cable Challenge and recycle their small electronics and cables at our pop-up collection points during Recycle Week.

Between Monday 14 October and Saturday 19 October, our collection points will be in the Glass Works and our libraries, including the Lightbox and each library in our principal towns, for residents to recycle their unwanted and unused cables and electronics.

Our collection points are part of International E-Waste Day, which takes place on the first day of Recycle Week on 14 October.

The day is a nationwide campaign aimed at tackling unused cables in UK households to reuse the copper inside them with an overall goal of recycling 1 million cables across the UK.

Councillor James Higginbottom, Cabinet Spokesperson for Environment and Highways, said:

“Electrical waste is the fastest growing source of waste in the UK, and we are asking residents to do their bit to help us recycle their unwanted cables during International E-Waste Day.

“Our pop-up collection points in the Glass Works and our libraries during recycle week will make it easy for residents to recycle their small electricals and cables, with staff on hand to help and offer advice.

“Recycling forms an important part of our Sustainable Barnsley goal and events such as this helps us to raise awareness of items we often forget can be recycled and reused.”

The collection points will be located in the Glass Works atrium (excluding Thursday 17 October), the Lightbox and our Principal Town libraries during the week.

Following the pop-up collection points, residents will be able to recycle their small electronics at our household waste recycling centres.

For more information on recycling, visit www.barnsley.gov.uk/waste-a-z/.