# Scouts raise £250,000 from unwanted mobiles and printer cartridges

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/10/07/scouts-raise-250000-unwanted-mobiles-and-printer-cartridges/
- Published: 2004-10-07T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Scout Groups across the UK have raised a massive £250,000 in the last five years
by recycling old, unwanted mobile phones and used printer cartridges that would 
otherwise be thrown away into polluting landfill sites.
The cash was raised by over
1,800 Scout Groups that signed up to a recycling programme run by Eurosource which
refurbishes and re-sells the products.

Rob Morton, Scouts Recycling Appeal co-ordinator at Eurosource said: “Modern Scouts
recognise the value of recycling. The environment benefits and so does each participating
Scout Group, financially.”

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