How to Recycle Old Phones & Electronics in the UK Recycling your old phone sounds simple. Getting it right — securely, compliantly, and with maximum environmental benefit — takes a little more thought. The UK generated approximately 1.8 million tonnes of electrical waste in 2025, yet formal WEEE collections remain stuck at around 496,000 tonnes. That gap is significant. Millions of old phones, tablets, laptops, and peripherals are sitting in household drawers and corporate IT stockrooms rather than entering the compliant, value-recovering recycling streams they should. For individuals, that represents a missed opportunity. For businesses, it represents a compliance risk, [...]