Material Focus - Circular Electricals Fund
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The Circular Electricals Fund supports ideas to keep electricals – and their materials – in use for longer – through innovation in material use and recovery, design and business models.
E-waste is the world’s fastest-growing waste stream, with over 100,000 tonnes of electricals binned every year in the UK alone. Material Focus is making it easier to fix, donate and recycle our existing electricals, helping us all to save the valuable, critical and finite materials inside them from going to waste.
They are searching for practical, scalable solutions that enhance resource efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and encourage collaboration across the industry. They welcome fresh ideas that address key challenges in developing consumer electricals:
- Materials: Using and recovering materials more efficiently to conserve resources, reduce waste, and recover value (e.g. bioleaching, biodegradable circuit boards, low-carbon materials)
- Product design: Making new electricals more durable, repairable, upgradeable, and long lasting
- Business models: Developing new services which encourage sharing and reusing of products, prioritising service over ownership (e.g. innovation of leasing, product-as-a-service, smart homes, libraries of things services).
In addition to up to £150,000 of funding, successful applicants will have the opportunity for industry networking, communications support, and access to industry data and trends.
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Geographical areas funded: Scotland UK
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant, Other resources
- Type of cost:
- Revenue
Fund award sizes
- Maximum:
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- Annually awarded:
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Who can apply
A wide variety of organisations can apply, including industry bodies, non-profits, private companies, compliance schemes, universities, and research institutions. Funding is available to registered organisations only.
When to apply
Currently closed.
How to apply
Apply through the website.
Exclusions
Activites funded: Environment Science and technology Climate action
Beneficiaries funded: General public Voluntary sector organisations
Last reviewed about 1 month ago
Material Focus
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Material Focus Belle House, 1 Hudsons Place Unit 2 Platform 1 Victoria Mainline Station,, London, SW1V 1JT
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