Christian Aid Scheme Helps Developing Countries and the Environment

Howard Lake | 21 September 2006 | Newswire

Environmental Business Products Ltd (EBP) has teamed up with Christian Aid to raise at least £12,000 for developing countries over the next 12 months through a new printer cartridge recycling scheme. This will also reduce environmental impact in the UK.
Every year only around 15 per cent of the 65 million printer cartridges sold in the UK are recycled meaning the rest end up in landfill sites. Global warming is an increasing concern for businesses and charities alike and recycling helps to conserve fossil fuels, reducing CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere, a major cause of global warming.
For every recyclable printer cartridge EBP receives through the new scheme it will donate £1 to Christian Aid. EBP are supplying large collection boxes to churches across the country and special Freepost envelopes are being distributed allowing people to dispose of their used cartridges quickly and free of charge. Businesses are also encouraged to join the scheme and EBP will arrange free collections directly from offices.
24 million homes in the UK have a personal computer, 90% of those homes have printers. The average household uses 2-3 inkjet cartridges a year and most offices use large numbers of laser cartridges too.
Andrew Pendleton, Environment and Development Manager, Christian Aid, said: ‘This scheme has the potential to raise many thousands of pounds to help people in developing countries at no cost to supporters. As a nation we should be recycling more and we are trying to make it as easy as possible for our supporters to join in. Just £1 raised through the scheme might buy two exercise books for children attending school in the Dominican Republic, £7 could buy a stethoscope for a health worker in Cambodia and £11 would teach a child in the Democratic republic of Congo how to use a computer.’
For further information on the scheme or to request Freepost recycling bags and collection boxes, or direct office collections, supporters should call EBP Customer Services on 0800 435576 quoting ‘Christian Aid’, email to ch**********@in******.uk, or visit www.inkagain.co.uk. Churches or businesses requiring support material should contact Christian Aid directly on 020 7523 2225

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.