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£750,000 in funding is available for projects that make it easier for UK householders to reuse and recycle their electrical goods.

Material Focus’ Electricals Recycling Fund will award grants of up to:

• £100,000 for projects seeking to grow or develop existing household waste and recycling collection services for small household electricals
• £50,000 for projects that seek to innovate new collection methods

Applications are sought from a range of organisations including:

• local authorities
• waste collection authority areas
• waste contractors
• reuse organisations
• not-for-profits
• community sector organisations
• producer compliance schemes
• retailers
• startups

Successful projects can spend funding on:

• the purchase of new bins/collection points (‘bring banks’)
• the adaptation of waste collection vehicles to include cages for kerbside WEEE
• vehicle rental
• installation of bins
• communication and marketing materials
• staffing costs to cover the time spent planning and delivering the project

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

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