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The performance of the UK’s electric vehicle sector depends on rare earth magnets, yet the supply chain remains exposed. Relying on complex global networks and virgin materials creates a vulnerability that industry can no longer ignore. If we are to build a truly resilient, low-carbon automotive sector, the priority must shift from extraction to the domestic recovery and reuse of these vital materials at scale.   That is why EMR is proud to be part of REACT-UK: Rare Earth Automotive Circular Technologies. REACT UK is a new £6.5 million grant-funded project under the DRIVE35 programme, delivered by the Department for Business and Trade through the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) and Innovate UK.   Led by HyProMag Ltd, the consortium brings together Mkango Rare Earths UK, JLR, LESS COMMON METALS LIMITED, the University of Birmingham and EMR to develop a circular UK supply chain for NdFeB magnets.   Our role in this partnership is defined by practical application. EMR will enable the recovery of magnet-containing components from end-of-life hybrid and electric vehicles, ensuring these materials are returned to UK manufacturing. This is circularity designed for industrial requirements, providing the raw materials necessary for the next generation of high-grade automotive applications.   REACT UK strengthens our capabilities and reinforces our commitment to building a UK supply chain for critical minerals and rare earth recycling from the urban mine. This project builds on previous collaboration with the project partners and compliments our other Drive35 projects including CircularREEconomy (CREEM) & MOBIUS.   We are recovering critical components today to secure industrial supply chains tomorrow.

Fantastic afternoon last week spent in Liverpool with Declan Ware and Daniel Hawkins at EMR. We’re very proud to be supporting one of the world’s largest metal recycling companies and great to see it in action.

The future of recycling starts with curiosity. EMR’s education programmes are designed to help young people understand the journey materials take — from everyday products to the resources used to build tomorrow’s world. Through interactive sessions, real-life examples and hands-on learning, students explore why recycling matters for the environment, the economy and the communities around them. Delivered by trained EMR colleagues, these sessions connect classroom learning with the real world — showing how materials can be reused, repurposed and recycled again and again. Because when young people understand the value of materials today, they’re better equipped to protect the resources we’ll all depend on tomorrow. Register your organisation to find out more about EMR education projects or our social value skips ⬇️

Security isn't just an IT issue. For a business like ours, operating across multiple countries, processing millions of tonnes of material, and connected to some of the world's most complex industrial supply chains, it's a foundation for operational resilience. That's why we're proud that our Senior Information Security Analyst, Liva O., has been invited to speak at the Digital Transformation EXPO (DTX) in Manchester. Liva will be joining a panel on human-centric security, making the case for something we believe deeply: that culture has to come before compliance. At our scale, security resilience is built through constant investment in people. The most forward-thinking organisations understand that compliance sets the floor, not the ceiling, and that the real work happens in the culture you build around it. That's a belief that runs through everything we do. Liva brings that perspective to the DTX stage, and we think it's a conversation the wider industry needs to be having. Find out more and register for free ⬇️

This Earth Day, we’re reminded that protecting the planet depends on what we do with the materials we already have. At EMR, we help businesses recover and recycle materials that might otherwise be wasted, keeping valuable resources in use and reducing the need for virgin extraction. That means less waste to landfill, lower environmental impact and a more resilient supply chain for the future. Because today’s end-of-life assets are tomorrow’s raw materials. Happy Earth Day.

How do you get children excited about recycling? You make it hands-on, creative and fun. Recyclabots is EMR’s free KS2 programme for pupils aged 7–9, designed to introduce metal recycling and sustainability in a way that captures imaginations. Through videos, activities and workbook challenges, pupils discover where metals come from, how they’re recycled and why recycling plays such an important role in protecting the planet. It’s about turning curiosity into understanding — and helping young learners see how the materials around them today can become the products we need tomorrow. Register your organisation to learn more ⬇️

The UK's offshore wind industry helped lead the country's transition to renewable energy. Now, it's helping power the circular economy. Working in partnership with RWE, EMR recently dismantled and recycled one of the original turbines at Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm, recovering high-value materials at the end of its working life and returning them directly to UK supply chains. The project that shows what's possible when the renewables and recycling industries work together to give vital infrastructure a second life. As more early offshore wind assets reach the end of their operational lives, projects like this are shaping a responsible, scalable approach to decommissioning, supporting local communities, strengthening UK industry and keeping valuable resources in circulation.

Recycling can create value for communities as well as the environment. EMR’s social value skips allow schools and community groups to collect unwanted metal that would otherwise go to waste. We place a skip at your school and run sessions with pupils on what materials to collect. Once collected, EMR weighs and processes the material, and the financial value is returned to the school or donated to a charity of their choice. Alongside raising funds, the initiative helps pupils, parents and communities understand the real value of recycling and the role it plays in protecting resources. Register your organisation to find out more about our social value skips ⬇️