North Lincolnshire is stepping up its recycle programme by offering kerbside collections of electric goods.
The region's council believes that around 1,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) could be sent to recycling firms rather than landfill sites each year under the scheme, BBC News reports.
North Lincolnshire Council made the decision to collect WEEE items from residents after a pilot scheme involving more than 3,000 local people was deemed a success.
The authority reported that 27 different types of WEEE products were collected during the trial.
"By giving more people the opportunity to recycle these items through their kerbside collection scheme, we are hopeful that we will see a significant drop in the amount that is landfilled, which in turn will help protect the environment," council head of waste management Kevin Booth told the news provider.
This news comes as the European Union considers new plans to phase out the use of landfill sites for biodegradable waste by 2025.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the waste recycling industry includes:
