We are on a mission to ensure materials from old electricals are never wasted.
The Recycle Your Electricals is a UK-wide campaign to encourage and make it easier for everyone to reuse and recycle unwanted electricals, rather than throwing them away or hoarding them.
The campaign is brought to you by Material Focus, a not-for-profit organisation. Our vision is of a world where materials are never wasted.
Material Focus was formerly called the WEEE Fund.
We inspire people to change their behaviour. We do this by revealing the hidden value of the materials in our old electricals, and providing practical information on how to recycle them.
We fund technical research on the barriers to reusing and recycling old electricals. Insight from this research galvanises new and innovative approaches to recycling.
We work with partners to grow the number and type of collection points, making it easier for everyone to recycle their old electricals.
Material Focus is funded by producers of electrical appliances. The UK government sets annual targets for the recycling of all waste electricals, including small electricals, under the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations. If producers of electrical appliances don’t meet this target then they contribute towards a WEEE compliance fee fund.
We manage this fund to support action that will increase the levels of reuse and recycling of old electricals across the UK. For more information on WEEE Regulations, please click below.
Regulations
Material Focus has a Board made up of trade associations representing the producers of electrical appliances. The Board is responsible for overseeing the work of the campaign, guiding strategy and holding the organisation to account. It has ultimate responsibility in law for the management of the campaign’s funding and the work of the organisation.
