Fixy is runner up for second consecutive year for innovation in reuse

Resource Futures, Somerset Council, and SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK were once again shortlisted for an Award for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management thanks to the continued success of The Fixy Project, a mobile initiative tackling e-waste through reuse, repair, and redistribution.

Nominated for the second year running in the ‘Reuse Initiative of the Year’ category, Fixy was recognised for its creative, community-driven approach to raising awareness of, and driving activities around, the reuse, repair and redistribution of electrical items.

The nomination recognises the impact Fixy has had since it began in 2022. The team have helped to save more than 5,400 electrical items from the bin, providing refurbished and redistributed devices to those in digital poverty in partnership with DonateIT.

Fixy is about in the community, so please bring along your old and unused tech, including laptops, tablets, mobile phones, digital cameras and other smart devices – data will be securely wiped and refurbished by DonateIT before items are gifted back into the community.

This Year’s Green Scythe Fair will host Fixy and the Tech Amnesty, so bring your unused digital devices along with you to the fair on 8 June and help rehome them for second life use.