Most of us have a “drawer of doom” – full of old chargers, cables and broken electricals we no longer use. On average, each UK household has 5 cables stashed away. But did you know every one of these cables contains valuable, critical and finite materials like copper?

Copper is essential for phones, transport, clean energy and medical equipment. It’s 100% recyclable, AND recycling it uses up to 85% less energy than mining new copper – a win for the planet! And with copper becoming more scarce, demand soaring, and the detrimental environmental and social impacts of mining for raw materials – how can we all help? The solution is surprisingly simple; harness what we already have.

Enter The Great Cable Challenge! To mark International E-Waste Day (14 October), Recycle your Electricals are again challenging the UK to tackle the millions of cables and other electricals sitting idle in our homes, to save the copper from going to waste!

So bag up your old cables – or any old electricals in your ‘drawer of doom’! – ready to recycle this October. Not sure where to start? Check out our handy Cable Guide for more information!

Please use the recycling box in the porch for collecting your cables and tech throughout October. Find out more or talk to James and the Eco Group.