# Recycling Appeal passes £2 million mark

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/07/26/recycling-appeal-passes-2-million-mark/
- Published: 2006-07-26T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Recycling experts Redeem plc have announced that their Recycling Appeal has generated
£2 million from used printer cartridges and old mobile phones for good causes across
the UK and Ireland.
In addition to the funds raised, Recycling Appeal has also helped
protect and preserve the environment “by diverting nearly 4,000 tonnes of unnecessary
waste from landfill”.

Recycling Appeals works with charities, schools, community groups and other good
causes to receive cash for used printer cartridges and old mobile phones. Its charity
partners include Macmillan Cancer Support, RSPB, Oxfam and Marie Curie Cancer Care
as well as many local charities.

Thanking supporters for helping them achieve the £2 million figure, Jamie Rae, Chief
Executive of Redeem, pointed out that, with an estimated 90 million mobiles lying
gathering dust across Britain and around three quarters of the UK’s printer cartridges
being thrown away, there was still plenty more recycling and fundraising to be done.

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