Recycling Project

In the UK – 75% of homes have at least one printer
31 million printer cartridges are sent to landfill sites, each year.
There they'll take hundreds of years to biodegrade.
90 million old mobile 'phones lie unused at home / in offices.
Some makes have pretty nasty substances in them.
And worldwide the comparable figures are quite shamefully staggering.
So what can we / what should we do?
Recycle them of course.
And how?
Via Spelthorne NHW to a company who pay us for them.  These monies provide additional funds funds to support our extensive support to members.
And how, in detail?
We can accept

• HP, Canon, Dell and Lexmark used printer cartridges
• Any old mobile phone.

Please wrap the printer cartridges – say in the wrapping of the newly installed one – as they may well be un-usable again if the head is damaged.

We have asked each street co-ordinator to be the initial collection point and make their own arrangements with their watch members.  The items are then passed to the area Co-ordinator who will arrange to get them to the steering Group.

Once we receive them we arrange with the recycling company to collect them free of charge to us every 3 months.

And as well as helping the NHW cause we're also helping to free up landfill sites. So all are winners in the eco scheme.

Linda will help co-ordinators with any queries about other printer makes, e.g. Epson, toners etc.  Linda can be contacted on 01784 446420.