{"id":325,"date":"2026-02-16T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gokupara.net\/?p=325"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:18:53","slug":"material-focus-announces-recipients-of-circular-electricals-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gokupara.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/material-focus-announces-recipients-of-circular-electricals-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Focus announces recipients of Circular Electricals Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Material Focus has announced that the four projects have been awarded funding from its Circular Electricals Fund.<\/h4>\n

The Circular Electricals Fund provides financing for projects that will keep electricals and their materials in use for longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Scott Butler says the recipients of the fund will receive \u00a3567,720 to support the development of a more circular electricals system in the UK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first four projects to receive funding will address several areas: improve resource efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and encourage collaboration across industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Out of 65 applications, the four that have been selected are University College London, British Geological Survey, Bristol Braille, and Reconome.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the announcement, Scott Butler, Executive Director at Material Focus, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be announcing that the first of the recipients will receive \u00a3567,720 of the\u00a0Circular Electricals Fund, which will help drive innovation and support the development of a more circular electricals system in the UK.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThese ambitious projects reduce the environmental impact of electricals by improving product design, improving resource efficiency, and encouraging collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research project led by University College London aims to make repairing household appliances easier, beginning with washing machines.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Big Repair Project\u2019 will explore how product design, new technologies, communication strategies, and business models can help people and businesses to keep products in use longer.<\/p>\n

The British Geological Survey\u2019s \u2018Mapping Technology Metals in Electricals\u2019 will use the funding to identify how much can be recovered and reused from electricals.<\/p>\n

The researchers plan to undertake modelling on where technology metals are disposed of and recycled, and identify opportunities to commercially recover these metals from end-of-life electrical items.<\/p>\n

Bristol Braille plans to use the funding to create the \u2018world\u2019s first\u2019 repairable, affordable full-page digital Braille display machine for blind people to read a page of digital information in Braille in the same layout and information density as sighted people.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Future Canute: Sustainable electronic products for Braille users\u2019 project aims to minimise electrical waste, maximise the lifespan of devices with a twelve-year warranty, and make the devices user-repairable and upgradable by blind people at home.<\/p>\n

Reconome is developing a data-driven solution to increase the reuse of decommissioned devices that aims to extend the lifecycle of devices over the next year.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Intelligent device refurbishment to increase environmental and social impact\u2019 project aims to reduce e-waste and support digital inclusion while creating a scalable model that boosts commercial viability.<\/p>\n

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