If you was lucky enough to get a new iPod, games console, digital camera or mobile phone from Santa this year, remember that you can recycle any old ones that you still have lying around.

It’s estimated that if every household recycled just one item each, the UK could reprocess over 24,000 tonnes of unwanted electrical items into brand new goods.

Electronic goods contain precious materials such as copper, iron and gold. Recycling these precious materials means that we can make good use of scare natural resources preventing more for being mined in the future, this will make a real difference to the planet in which we all live.

You can recycle digital cameras, mobile phones, games consoles and mp3 players online for cash payments. Other unwanted electrical items such as hair straighteners, kettles, toasters or TVs can be taken down to your local recycling centre to be disposed of correctly.