Welcome to Material Focus

We’re on a mission to stop the valuable, critical and finite materials inside electricals from going to waste – by making it easier to fix, donate, sell and recycle them. For the good of people, our economy, and our planet.

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Our in-depth research, Industry briefings, targeted investment and inspiring communications are making a difference. Millions more people have started recycling their electricals.

  • about 10 multicoloured vapes scattered on a pale blue background

    8 million vapes binned a week

    Our latest vape research reveals the extent of the environmental crisis caused by vapes. Legally, every vape seller MUST take-back old vapes for recycling. Read the full media release and download our Vapes briefing paper to understand retailers and producers legal obligations

    The vapes crisis
  • Recycle Your Electricals large billboard in Sheffield at a junction with cards blurred

    Electricals Recycling Fund

    Launched in August 2022, the fund is currently supporting over 60 projects across the UK  – from expanding recycling collection and drop-off points, to testing new ways to collect more electricals for reuse and recycling.

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  • Bright prink Recycle Your Electricals WEEE bank in the Highlands positioned in front of a lake and bright blue sky

    27,000+ reuse and recycling points

    We’re making recycling information easy to find in our online locator. And we’re adding more recycling locations all the time.

    Use our locator

Our impact

  • light skin tone man posting a vape through a bright pink vape recycling bank

    Recycle Your Electricals

    Our award-winning, highly effective messenger HypnoCat has now hypnotised residents in over 300 areas across the UK.

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  • seven large pink electrical bring-banks on the back of a flat bed lorry

    12 million more people

    From the Orkneys to the Isles of Scilly, we’ve funded 60 projects to make it easier for over 12 million more people to recycle their electricals closer to home

  • medium-dark skin tone hands holding a phone with the screen showing recycling locations

    Over 1 million

    More and more people are using our website to confidently delete their data, sort their electricals and find their nearest drop off points to fix, donate and recycle them

  • 'Hypnocat' poster at a bus stop on a busy street.

    48% more people

    Nearly half the people who see our campaign say they plan to recycle their electricals in future. We’re making electrical recycling the easy and obvious choice for millions of people.

Work with us

We work with hundreds of local authorities, businesses and local communities. Partnership is critical to making it easier for us all to fix, donate and recycle our electricals. We’d love to hear from you if you’re interested in protecting our planet’s precious resources.

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