# Shelter launches office recycling scheme to raise funds - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/05/12/shelter-launches-office-recycling-scheme-raise-funds/ - Published: 2003-05-12T23:00:00+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake ![](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/images/news/2264.jpg) Shelter today starts asking people to go green and get recycling by donating used office products to their local Shelter shop. Shelter has partnered with recycling company Office Green, which will collect unwanted items such as old mobile phones, empty inkjet and toner cartridges and recycle them, using the proceeds to help fund Shelter’s work with homeless and badly housed ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) people. Alan Gosschalk, Shelter’s Director of Fundraising, said: “Households as well as offices can join in simply by donating the unwanted items to their local Shelter shop or sending them by freepost to Office Green.” Shelter shops will be accepting donations of used mobile phones, toner, laser and inkjet cartridges. People can drop their donations off in person to their local Shelter shop, or send by freepost direct to Office Green, marking clearly on the envelope that it’s a Shelter donation. Freepost envelopes can be collected from the Shelter shop. For every item recycled by Office Green, Shelter will receive a sum of money to help fund their work. This can range from 25p to £3.50 for an inkjet cartridge and between £1.80 and £66 for a used mobile phone. Shelter points out that its shops do of course continue to accept other donated goods, such as books, clothes and bric-a-brac. Shelter shops are open for donation deliveries from 10:00-16:00 six days a week, and the Shelter Web site includes information on their location. * **[Amazon.co.uk extends affiliate opportunities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/05/22/amazoncouk-extends-affiliate-opportunities/)**( 22 May 2003) * **[Breast Cancer Campaign says 'wear it pink'](https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/05/25/breast-cancer-campaign-says-039wear-it-pink039/)**( 25 May 2003) * **[Topman t-shirts to raise funds for Everyman](https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/05/27/topman-tshirts-raise-funds-everyman/)**( 27 May 2003)