Recycle mobile phones for Children in Need
By admin on Oct 2, 2007 in Hazardous Waste, WEEE Directive, Recycling
If you are one of the millions of people that have old mobile phones gathering dust in drawers, there has never been a better time to recycle them and help out a good cause. With Children In Need just around the corner, millions of households throughout the UK will receive Freepost envelopes over the coming weeks.
The campaign was launched on the BBC’s The One Show on Monday night, and will be run in partnership with Fonebak. For every reusable mobile phone that is receive, £5 will be donated to Children in Need. All other mobile phones received will be recycled to ensure that nothing goes to landfill sites.
Last year the scheme raised over £320,000 for Children in Need, and it is hoped that this year will be even more successful. If you would like to get involved, look out for the Freepost recycling envelopes with Pudsey on front, which will be inserted into local newspapers and magazines. Alternatively, visit the BBC website and order your Children in Need fundraising pack.
Jason Pereira | Oct 3, 2007 | Reply
I think I have quite a few spare mobile phones lying around my house. Shame I don’t live in England, but I think the UAE government is going to do something like this too…
Katie Newman | Oct 5, 2007 | Reply
I just received one of the recycling envelopes for Children In Need through the post this morning so will hunt the house for my old mobile phones.