If you get a new mobile phone for Christmas, don't forget about
your old one. That's the seasonal message from The Recycling
Appeal, which is looking for donations of old mobile phones to
support some of the UK's leading charities.
Marie Curie Cancer Care, the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation,
the Royal National Institute of the Blind, the Children's Hospice
Association Scotland and Northern Ireland Hospice Care have teamed
up to run the eco-friendly fundraising appeal, ensuring that every
mobile donated generates vital funds for good causes.
The phones are refurbished and resold, with a substantial
portion of the proceeds going to charitable organisations. All the
donor has to do is to choose which charity he wants to donate to
and then send the phone to The Recycling Appeal in a pre-paid
envelope which it provides.
"When people receive fancy new mobiles for Christmas, their old
phones are often forgotten about," said Jamie Rae, chief executive
of Eurosource, the company behind The Recycling Appeal. "These
phones join the UK's estimated 75 million redundant mobiles -
enough phones to stretch from London to Lapland more than three
times!"
The Recycling Appeal is also seeking empty printer
cartridges.
