The Ecolec Foundation was created by the Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes e Importadores de Electrodomésticos de Línea Blanca (ANFEL) and the Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Pequeño Electrodoméstico (FAPE) in 2004, a year before the enactment of Royal Decree 208/2005 on electrical and electronic equipment and the management of its waste. Its mission is to manage them efficiently from an environmental, economic and social point of view, complying with legal regulations.