In the Elektrosetsdyas promotion, it will be possible to hand over used electrical equipment for free

On Electrosaturday, residents will be able to conveniently, legally and free of charge get rid of their unnecessary and old electrical equipment.

“There is not always the time and opportunity to find a place where environmentally hazardous waste – electrical engineering – can be handed over, so we come to meet the residents in the regions of Latvia, organizing campaigns so that electrical engineering can be disposed of as conveniently as possible.

We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity and hand over all kinds of non-dismantled electrical equipment that you no longer need, such as an old refrigerator, electric lawnmower, printer, toaster, TV, iron, microwave oven, mobile phone, electric toothbrush or hair dryer,” said A Macaw.

In Liepāja, on April 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., electrical equipment will be available for free at the “Kurši” store, located on Parka Street 21.

Items that can be connected to electricity that contain a microchip or microchip must not be thrown in the household waste, and this condition also applies to very small electrical engineering units.

Any electrical engineering is hazardous waste made of a wide variety of materials – toxic heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, mercury, copper, etc., various plastics, glass, substances that prevent ignition, therefore, when they enter the environment, they can pollute groundwater and endanger human health. health.

For example, refrigerators and freezers use freon to cool the air, which can harm the ozone layer when released into the environment.

On the other hand, at the recycling points, the electrical equipment handed over is disassembled and sorted according to the components, in the following processes they are recycled in order to be used again in production.

Hazardous waste, including electrical engineering, should not end up in waste containers or in the environment.

They must be delivered to one of at least 67 sorting points and areas established by waste managers. Their location can be found on the website waste.lv.