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Scott Butler
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Executive Director at Material Focus

E-waste, tech, materials, reuse, recycling, behaviour change and circular economy.

www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk
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Talking vapes and all things electricals on BBC Breakfast News red sofa earlier today.

Anything and everything with a plug, battery or cable has value.

Old or unwanted electricals should be:

🔧 fixed
💷 sold
💖 donated
♻ recycled

❌ 🚮 they should never ever be binned.
May 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Elton John or Elton Welsby?
May 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Vermonters protesting on US VP JD Vance visiting for a short skiing holiday this weekend are giving off strong Craggy Island vibes.
March 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This stat came out of our look at how the copper currently binned or held onto in UK homes could help meet predicted future demand.

www.materialfocus.org.uk/report-and-r...
February 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This stat came out of our look at how the copper currently binned or held onto in UK homes could help meet predicted future demand.

www.materialfocus.org.uk/report-and-r...
February 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Drill baby drill!

Never knew until today that Trump was a big fan of Digga D.

That is the news today, isn’t it?
January 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
From 1 June 2025, it will be illegal for businesses to sell single-use or ‘disposable’ vapes. Before the ban that could mean over 150 million vapes are lost - each full of valuable materials and each posing fire risks by being in the wrong place

www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk/how-to-recyc...
January 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
As Nessa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 might say, this is a 'tidy' visual showing recycling rates for commonly used metals.

Of particularly note are the low recycling rates of the key technology metals - rare earth elements, cobalt and lithium.

Never bin a battery or electrical - www.recycleyoureletricals.org.uk
January 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Purrliz Navidad!

If you end up with old and unwanted electricals and batteries then make sure they are never binned and always recycled.

Www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk
December 25, 2024 at 12:04 PM
From the home of the co-operative movement, Gracie Fields and Lisa Stansfield, we bring you Pippa, the wonder dog!

Britain’s first ever illegal vapes sniffer dog has been honoured along with Rochdale trading standards at a prestigious awards ceremony.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-feature...
December 19, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Help us improve vape recycling across the UK
Your voice matters!

All retailers that sell vapes are legally required to offer takeback.

Share your feedback via this 1 minute form and help save thousands of vapes from going to waste.

www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk/how-to-recyc...
December 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
If we throw vapes or other battery-powered electricals in with our general rubbish and recycling, they can get crushed and spark dangerous fires in bin lorries and recycling centres. 🚛🔥

Free comms toolkit for UK local authorities here - bit.ly/4fjS7iI
December 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM
"I hate the smell of watermelon ice vapes in the morning!"

With over 8 million now binned every week, vapes are a strong contender for being one of the most environmentally wasteful and dangerous consumer products ever made.

www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk/how-to-recyc...
December 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM
If our forever purrfect Recycle Your Electricals campaign messenger HypnoCat ever needed a HypnoCar then...

Old or unwanted electricals should never ever be binned and always be reused or recycled.

Search lnkd.in/g2KVwDFB to find out more.
December 11, 2024 at 1:03 PM
We won the Campaign Ad Net Zero 2024 NGO award for our Recycle Your Electricals campaign. Earlier this year we won the best recycling project at the Business Green awards.

Www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk
November 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
What connects Dua Lipa and Noel Edmonds?

Both are big fans of the the 2024 word of the year, which is…”Manifest” according to the Cambridge Dictionary.

Sustainability wise, what would you like to manifest in 2025?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 20, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Listen to hip hop while sucking on a lollipop?

What the world most definitely doesn't need now is a lollipop that plays music in your mouth. Yep, you read that right... ...a lollipop that plays music in your mouth. 🍭 🎵 👄 😡

www.tasty-sounds.eu

www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk/what-is-fast...
November 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM
In the UK we bin and stash away enough copper rich cables to reach to the moon and back.

www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk
November 19, 2024 at 8:31 PM