Material Focus's research also showed that the amount of electrical waste has decreased since 2017. That's partly because many electrical items are lighter now, but also because recycling rates have risen. 60% of people now say they recycle their electricals.
But many people also have unused electrical items such as cables, mobile phones, and remote controls gathering dust - amounting to 30 items per home, which could all be put to better use.
Nadiya Catel-Arutyunova, sustainability adviser at the British Retail Consortium, said: "All retailers selling electricals, whether it is online or in store, are required to help customers dispose of their old electrical products - regardless of where they were originally purchased."
Material Focus's survey is based on a survey of 2000 nationally representative adults by Opinium Research, conducted in July for Fast Tech, and August-September for hoarded electricals. The vapes figure comes from a survey of 5,156 adults conducted by Yougov between June and August.
Material Focus is a not for profit organisation devoted to encouraging recycling. It is funded by fees paid by electrical producers when they don't meet their government recycling targets.