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Recycle Your Electricals is a UK-wide campaign calling on households to stop throwing away or hoarding their old electricals – and start reusing and recycling them.

The Recycle Your Electricals campaign was launched in 2020 by a not-for-profit organisation called Material Focus (formerly the WEEE Fund). Our aim is to motivate and support millions more people to recycle their electricals – saving precious resources from being lost forever.

Material Focus – the not-for-profit organisation behind the Recycle Your Electricals campaign – is funded by producers of electrical appliances.

Easy – enter your postcode in our Recycling locator. Across the UK there are thousands of points where you can take old unwanted electricals for reuse or recycling. Thanks for being part of the next movement in recycling!

Unfortunately we don’t have the infrastructure to collect or accept your old electricals.  Simply enter your postcode in our Recycling locator. Across the UK there are thousands of points where you can take old unwanted electricals for reuse or recycling. Thanks for being part of the next movement in recycling!

Material Focus supports organisations and research aimed at making it easier for us all to recycle or reuse unwanted electricals. We have just finished our first round of funding and we plan to launch two more funding rounds soon. Sign up for alerts so you’re the first to hear about these – for more information have a read of our Funding page. Alternatively, you can contact us using the form below.

Every electrical counts – anything with a plug, battery or cable can be recycled. 75% of all the materials in old electricals can be recycled and turned into things like life-saving equipment, playgrounds or bicycles.

Yes. Some need a little preparation: lightbulbs, for example, can be recycled but certain types have to be thrown away with your normal rubbish – have a read of our Lighting and lightbulbs page for more on that. When recycling mobile phones and smart devices, you’ll need to delete your personal data before recycling or passing them on for reuse – see our ABC guide to Prepare your item.

Sign up for updates using the form at the foot of this page – and we’ll keep in touch by email as the campaign develops. And you can follow us Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.

Material Focus is the organisation behind the Recycle Your Electricals campaign – and we’d love to hear from you. Please  contact us using the form below, telling us a little about what you’d like to discuss. We’ll get in touch with you as soon as we can, normally within a couple of days. Thank you.