Over the last year people in the United Kingdom have become increasingly more educated about how to recycle. Because of this exposure certain segments of the recycling industry have grown immensely in the last year. One of the fastest growing segments of the recycling world is the recycling of small electronic devices. Small electronics have become an important issue as the constant changing of technology leaves a lot of old devices lying around in drawers. Recently a study was done to see what role large stores are playing in the recycling of electronic devices. Stores are now required to give their customers a way to recycle their small electronic devices for free when they are buying a device which is similar. However, a recent study showed that some of the advice that big stores are giving out may not be correct.
According to a recent investigation by Which? many of the biggest stores in the United Kingdom are giving out incorrect advice to their customers when it comes to the recycling of small electronics. Researchers from Which? went to twelve branches of Comet, Currys, Argo, Tesco, and John Lewis and asked their advice on how to get rid of an old steam iron the correct way. In half of the cases the store failed to give the correct advice for how to dispose of the item. The study also found that many high street shops were unaware that it was their duty to supply correct information about how to recycle electronics.
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