| Search for 'recycling for charity' online and you'll see | | | | working order) or take them to a recycling centre |
| that this is big business, so to speak. From printer | | | | and know that they're being turned into something |
| cartridges and batteries to washing machines, mobile | | | | else rather than being left to rot in a landfill and |
| phones and fridge freezers, you can recycle almost | | | | potentially pollute our precious water supplies. |
| anything and if you choose the right method you'll be | | | | Charities can only accept electrical items that are in a |
| helping the environment and the charity in question. | | | | saleable condition and this means that they turn on |
| The pairing up of national charities with recycling | | | | and all their functions work, that they are not |
| schemes is a relatively new idea and one that should | | | | suffering from more damage than expected levels of |
| mean the UK soon has some pretty impressive | | | | wear and tear and the plug or any of the casing is |
| recycling figures to show off to the rest of the | | | | not missing. Charities make money by selling on your |
| world. In 2005/06 27 per cent of the UK's 25.5 million | | | | unwanted goods and using the proceeds to carry out |
| tonnes of household waste was recycled and now | | | | vital research or provide basic provisions or |
| that there are dedicated bins and collections at | | | | healthcare to those in need. More and more |
| residential properties and local recycling centres and | | | | companies are teaming up with charities in a noble |
| supermarkets there's really no excuse for this figure | | | | attempt to use their brand influence to raise |
| not to be bumped up considerably and quickly. | | | | awareness of both good causes and recycling. |
| There are different types of recycling; one is a | | | | There will soon come a day when we recycle as |
| recycling of component parts and the materials that | | | | standard and we'll wonder how we ever lived without |
| they are made up of and the other is to sell it on to | | | | it and where all the rubbish went. Until that day make |
| people less fortunate or to make money to support | | | | sure you lead the way by recycling the old when you |
| a charity, either way is beneficial to the environment | | | | buy the new, whether this is something small like and |
| and to you. Gone are the days when you'd feel guilty | | | | electric toothbrush or mobile phone or something and |
| about throwing away a bulky household appliance but | | | | valuable as a Hotpoint fridge freezer or Beko tumble |
| had to because there was no other option, now we | | | | dryer. |
| can give our items away (as long as they're in good | | | | |