# Riding for the Disabled Association Launch New National Fundraising Scheme – Just Thirty Five Donated Empty Inkjet Cartridges Bu

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/06/14/riding-disabled-association-launch-new-national-fundraising-scheme-just-thirty-five-donated-empty-in/
- Published: 2006-06-14T14:55:54+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

[⌊Debbie Greaves and Major Launch RDA Recycling Scheme⌉⌊Debbie Greaves and Major
Launch RDA Recycling Scheme⌉[

 

Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre is a quiet oasis tucked alongside the high brick walls
of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, and it’s there that every day riding sessions are held,
not just for the able bodied, but also for women like Debbie Greaves. Debbie has
always loved horses and riding, but a stroke severely affected her physical abilities.
However, at Wormwood Scrubs Pony Club she is given the opportunity to continue her
favourite sport during one of their numerous Riding for the Disabled Association
sessions.

 

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But hard hats, equipment and feed for the ponies cost money, and that’s where empty
inkjet cartridges can play a vital, if unexpected part.

 

To raise funds, every Riding for the Disabled Association Member Group (and there
are over 500 across the UK) will simply collect empty inkjet cartridges and mobile
phones, and return them in freepost envelopes to Environmental Business Products(
EBP) in London where they will be recycled. Laser cartridges will be collected by
arrangement with EBP directly from supporters’ offices too. For example, for thirty-
five cartridges received, EBP will donate £35.00, enough to replace a hard riding
helmet. We are focussing on new riding helmets at the moment”, says Mary-Joy Langdon,
who manages the Wormwood Scrubs stables, but in a few week’s time it could be repairs
to stabling, or replacement tack. Plus the more envelopes we distribute the more
money we can raise for our own Pony Centre – each centre has a unique label so we
will know exactly how many cartridges we have managed to recycle”.

 

Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre will be handing out the freepost envelopes at their 
annual Horses in Harmony event on 9th July (tel. 0845 450 7016 or email: MJ*******@********
co.uk for information and tickets), as well as at their Summer Horse and Hound Show.
Riders, supporters, parents and friends are encouraged to send in their cartridges.
Moreover, the recycling scheme’s free, it won’t cost a thing and it will help save
thousands of tonnes of non-biodegradeable waste from ending up in landfill sites.
Freepost envelopes can be collected from any Riding for the Disabled Association
centre; for the location of your nearest group visit [www.rda.org.uk](http://www.rda.org.uk).
Contact Environmental Business Products tel. 0208 838 6888 or visit the company’s
website at [www.inkagain.co.uk](http://www.inkagain.co.uk) to request recycling 
bags for mobiles or cartridges, for more information about the scheme or to arrange
collections of laser cartridges to support Riding for the Disabled.

 

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cont/.. June 2006

 

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