Wireless Sensor Networks(WSNs) refer to a collection of resource constrained , miniature sensor devices which can be embedded in places ranging from remote military areas, underwater research explorations to much needed everyday objects like doors, mirror, watch, apparels etc. Many heterogeneous clustering protocols have been studied so far for WSNs, but they concentrate on improving energy, latency and network lifetime. Here a Redundancy Control Energy Efficient Clustering (RCEEC) protocol for WSNs has been suggested which emphasizes on reducing irrelevant data from the network. Results show that RCEEC surpasses its predecessor DEEC with respect to energy efficiency, intra cluster traffic and network lifetime.