SMALL electrical items will be picked up separately in new kerb site collections by Uttlesford Council.
The council is rolling out the new collections "imminently" and "in an organised way", a meeting of the council was told on Tuesday, July 22.
Neil Reeve, the councillor responsible for environment and climate change, said it will allow some items to be recycled and reused.
The plans were agreed at a meeting on June 19 which was told switching from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil could cost the council around £150,000 extra a year, but residents were assured this would not increase their council tax.
The proposal would also take the council a further 34 per cent on its journey towards net zero, and would be an interim solution until better technology is available.
During the meeting on July 22, councillor Susan Barker asked for clarification around when the new electrical item collections are coming in, how it works, where residents should leave their electricals and the size of items which will be collected.
Mr Reeve added: "It’s coming imminently but it’s being rolled out in an organised way and so such places that are due to receive that will receive warning that that’s coming.
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"To answer your question about how big or small, I think the well known abbreviation is wee and I think in Scottish that’s indicative of small but whether or not it’s up to laptop size of small TV, I don’t think that’s the case, but wires, plugs, telephones all that sort of stuff definitely yes.
"On the briefing you will receive it will say indicative sizes of what is to be welcomed.
"The background of course is that by collecting these separately there is the ability to do some recycling, some of them may even be in working order and be able to be reused, so that’s the purpose of the exercise."
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