Residents across Tendring now have the chance to boost recycling with a new facility to get rid of their waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

The first bank of its kind has been installed at the Morrisons supermarket site in Little Clacton.

Each District across Essex has been given one bank which will provide a valuable extra waste stream from bring sites.

Tendring District Council (TDC) has worked with waste management company May Gurney and WEEE recycler Reclaimed Appliances to come up with the facility.

The bank will accept small electrical appliances from hand held computer games and electric shavers to larger kitchen appliances and computers.

There is a regulated opening so that larger items - such as televisions - cannot be deposited and it will be regularly emptied.

Nick Turner, TDC's Cabinet Member for the Environment, said it is important to look at every possible method of increasing recycling.

"These banks will capture waste and are yet another service for us in Tendring, supplied at nil cost to the ratepayers. More for less," he said.

"There is a list of items which can, and cannot, be deposited and I would ask residents to take note of the guidance. Larger items should still be taken to recycling centres for household waste."

A £1 donation is being made to the Rainbow Trust for every tonne of waste collected throughout Essex.

Items that can be deposited are: shavers, hairdryers, hair straighteners, toasters, kettles, mobile phones, games consoles, DVD players, radios, irons, lamps, chargers, computer hard drives, cameras, power tools, food mixers.

Those that cannot be put in - or left beside - the bank are: fridges, freezers, televisions, washing machines, tumble driers, laptops, batteries, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, vacuum cleaners, computer monitors and microwaves.

12/12/11