Can you recycle routers & set-top boxes?
🔄 Specialist take-back
Return to your provider first (many charge you if not returned!) — otherwise WEEE recycling.
Sky, Virgin, BT and others want their boxes and routers back — some bill you for unreturned kit, and most send prepaid return bags on cancellation. Owned equipment goes to small-electricals recycling.
Tips
- Check your contract before recycling a provider's router
Which bin does it go in?
Return to your provider first (many charge you if not returned!) — otherwise WEEE recycling.
Background: Batteries, vapes & electricals: the fire-risk items.
Also searched as: sky box, virgin box, broadband router, modem.
✓ Checked against current UK guidance: 14 Jul 2026. Spot an error or an out-of-date rule?