{"id":696,"date":"2020-03-05T13:23:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk\/?page_id=696"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:33:14","slug":"electrical-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk\/electrical-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"How electrical recycling works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How electrical recycling works<\/h1>\n Electrical recycling near me<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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It starts with you<\/h2>\n

When you recycle your old electricals, you’re giving a new lease of life to a whole range of valuable materials.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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WATCH THIS<\/h2>\n

Humans! Do you know how electricals are recycled?<\/h3>\n

I am HypnoCat. Gaze into my eyes and I will show you how your old electricals and electronics change into shiny new objects. <\/p>\n

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How electrical recycling works<\/span><\/h2>\n

From recycling centre to new product.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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New life for old<\/h3>\n

Our unwanted electricals contain valuable materials including plastics and metals such as gold, copper, steel and aluminium.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Breaking it down<\/h3>\n

From your recycling point, old electricals go to a reprocessing plant, where people sort and break them apart by hand. Then machines shred the materials.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Separating<\/h3>\n

Magnets separate steel and other ferrous metals, and electrical currents remove other metals. Plastic is also sorted into different types and ground up.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Back to market<\/h3>\n

Recovered metals and plastics become valuable commodities to the UK economy. They\u2019re sold on the open market and can become new products – from bicycles to life-saving equipment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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HOW DOES IT WORK?<\/h2>\n

Do old electricals just go to developing countries?<\/h3>\n

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If you recycle your old electricals in the right way, almost all the materials get processed in the UK and become a valuable UK commodity. Our electrical recycling locator shows you where to recycle old electricals to ensure this happens.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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