# Tesco collects used electrical goods to benefit Cancer Research UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/06/21/tesco-collects-used-electrical-goods-benefit-cancer-research-uk/
- Published: 2012-06-21T22:41:24+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

This week is Recycle Week (18 to 24 June), and Tesco is encouraging shoppers to 
donate used electrical items so that it can recycle them and raise funds for Cancer
Research UK, [Tesco Charity of the Year 2012](http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/tesco).

The supermarket is asking people to trade in items including old MP3 players, digital
cameras and TVs at Tesco. They can take part in Tesco’s Electrical Trade-in by visiting
the campaign’s website to find out how much each item is worth. They can then trade
them in in throughout the year at selected Tesco stores or post them using a free
label that can be downloaded from the website.

Claire Rowney, Cancer Research UK’s head of corporate partnerships, said: “Whenever
we buy a new mobile phone or MP3 player it’s always difficult to know what to do
with the old ones… Tesco’s Electrical Trade-in is a great way to declutter and raise
money to support Cancer Research UK’s doctors, nurses and scientists beat cancer
at the same time.”

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