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\u201cIt feels criminal to chuck them in landfill.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI keep this little lot hidden under our bed in what I secretly think of as the Box of Shame & Guilt,\u201d says Steve Tooze, revealing an assortment of electrical bits and pieces that would be familiar to millions of householders up and down the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDefunct laptops, ancient broken feature phones, power and connector cables for long-gone electronic devices.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are things Steve has accumulated over the past decade – he reckons he has dozens of unused electricals gathering dust under the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Precious resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve all been there – or most of us. UK homes are holding on to some 527 million old electrical items, worth an estimated \u00a317 billion on the second-hand market, according to recent research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI honestly have no idea what to do with them. It feels criminal to simply chuck them in a bin to end up in landfill,\u201d says Steve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s one reason he would like to see a lot more effort going into reusing the precious materials contained in electricals hidden away in our homes – especially, he says \u201cwhen we hear about companies and governments scouring the globe to find fresh sources of rare materials for smartphones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Local solutions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, it\u2019s getting easier than ever to reuse or recycle your old electricals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With thousands of electrical reuse and recycling points around the UK, and thousands more retailers now offering to take back your old devices in-store, there’s never been a better time to make sure your old gadgets bow out gracefully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find your nearest recycling point using our postcode locator<\/a>.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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