# Birmingham charities to benefit from local recycling incentive

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/21/birmingham-charities-benefit-local-recycling-incentive/
- Published: 2008-01-21T12:57:04+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Smurfit Kappa Recycling and Birmingham City Council are encouraging residents of
Birmingham to recycle more this month and raise money for local charities.

If residents can recycle more paper and card than they did in January 2007, Smurfit
Kappa Recycling will make a donation to the Lord Mayor of Birmingham’s charities
which include the Birmingham Scout Association, Birmingham Guide Association, Edward’s
Trust and St Mary’s Hospice.

‘Mixed paper’ waste such as gift catalogues, Christmas cards, envelopes, wrapping
paper and mince pie boxes can be recycled at Smurfit Kappa Recycling’s paper and
card banks and through the Council’s kerbside collection scheme. All material is
then transported directly to the local Smurfit Kappa paper mill where it is recycled.

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Dave Cowing, commercial manager for Smurfit Kappa Recycling in Birmingham said: “
With the festive period accounting for three million tonnes of the UK’s annual waste,
we are keen to ensure that as much as possible is diverted from landfill sites and
into our paper mill where it can be recycled into packaging materials to protect
new products on their journey from factory or farm to homes.”

Smurfit Kappa Recycling recycles 500,000 tonnes of paper and card a year at its 
mills in Kent and Birmingham.

www.smurfitkappa-recycling.com

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