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Environment and sustainability

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Material Focus - Electricals Recycling Fund (UK)

Material Focus awards funding for projects that make it easier for UK householders to reuse and recycle their electrical goods. Through the Electricals Recycling Fund, grants of up to £100,000 are available for projects seeking to grow or develop existing household waste and recycling collection services for small household electricals, and grants of up to £50,000 for projects that seek to innovate new collection methods.

Eligibility

Any UK registered organisations including local authorities, waste collection authority areas, contractors, reuse organisations, not-for-profits, community sector organisations, producer compliance schemes, retailers and startups.

Funding amount

Grants of up to £100,000 are available for projects seeking to grow or develop existing household waste and recycling collection services for small household electricals.

Grants of up to £50,000 are available for projects that seek to innovate new collection methods.

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

Closing date

Applications can be submitted at any time.

More information

Please visit the Material Focus website or contact Material Focus.


City Bridge Trust –  Making London a Greener City For All

Funding is available for local projects that take an equitable approach to mitigating and/​or adapting to climate change. Applications are encouraged both from organisations that already actively focus on climate and nature and those that have not previously seen environmental action as a priority.

Eligibility

Organisations that are eligible to apply:

  • Charities established and registered in the UK
  • Registered charitable incorporated organisations
  • Charitable company
  • Registered charitable industrial and provident society (IPS) or charitable community benefit society (BenCom)
  • CIC (community interest company) limited by guarantee
  • Constituted voluntary organisations can apply for the Small Grants programme, but not our other funding programmes.

Funding amount

Up to £10,000

Closing date

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

More information

Please visit the City Bridge Foundation or email funding@citybridgefoundation.org.uk