JunkSpots

Nonprofit · Pickup · Drop-off · Free

Wecycle inleverpunten (Stichting OPEN)

The national take-back network for electricals, and the correct answer to the small appliances Amsterdam's kerbside collection refuses outright.

Right for you if

  • A kettle, a drill, a laptop, or an old appliance being replaced.
  • It has to cost nothing.
  • You cannot move it yourself. They come and collect.
  • You can get it there under your own steam.
  • You want to turn up without booking.

Look elsewhere if

  • It is more than a household quantity.

Contact and booking

Phone
Not published
Email
Not published
Book online
Not published
Address
Not published
Opening hours
Not published
Website
Official website

Verification

Verified against an official source

Last checked 20 August 2026

That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →

Sources

Part of How to get rid of stuff in Amsterdam.

Something wrong here?

Why use it

Two legal rights sit behind this, and no municipal page joins them to the kerbside refusal. Buy a similar new appliance and the shop must take the old one back without charge. And any shop over 400 square metres must accept appliances under 25 centimetres with nothing bought at all. Shops are explicitly not allowed to charge for either. Thousands of drop-off points, no booking, and the finder on the Wecycle site maps the nearest.

Good for

  • electronics
  • appliances
  • batteries

How it works

How you use it They collect, or you can take it there yourself.
Cost Free. Shops are not permitted to charge for it.
Booking No appointment needed.
Service area Not published
Run by Stichting OPEN, a nonprofit

Where your things go

A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.

Not documented yet. This operator has not published what happens to each kind of item, and we have not been able to establish it from anywhere else. That is the gap, stated rather than hidden. If you ask them, tell us what they say.

Does it actually work

The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.

  • Booking

    Their pages

    No appointment needed.

  • Typical wait

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nobody has told us how long they waited. Two reader reports would settle it.

  • Do they answer

    Needs reports

    Not established

    We read their pages, we did not phone them. One reader who got through would settle it.

  • Restrictions

    Their pages

    Household quantities only

  • Who it's for

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nothing published about who may use it.

  • Last checked

    Pipeline

    20 August 2026

    Checked against their published pages.

What happens to it

  • Recycled
  • Broken down for materials

This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.

What readers told us

Used them recently?

How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.

Tell us what happened

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