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  • Image Credit: Kalleboo, Flickr CC

    68 million old phones left lying around

    Two thirds of the UK have one in a drawer 13 April 2010 0:01 GMT

    It seems that Brits are a wasteful sort. A survey of 1,332 UK residents, conducted by SellMyMobile.com, has found that nearly two thirds of the population have at least one old mobile just lying around unusued, and about a fifth admitted to having...

  • T-Mobile offers free Recycle Guide mobile app

    T-Mobile offers free Recycle Guide mobile app

    Tells you the nearest recycling point 1 October 2009 16:00 GMT

    T-Mobile has launched a new mobile application, the Recycle Guide, which it says "takes the confusion out of what you can recycle and where, both at home and on the go within the UK".

    The app offers users info on exactly where the nearest...

  • Image credit: LoveIbiza.net

    Airmiles offered for phone recycling

    Save the planet and get free flights 10 August 2009 14:49 GMT

    Airmiles is offering consumers the chance to get free flights in exchange for recycling their mobile phones in an eco-friendly way, offering more Airmile points for phones with more resale value.

    Members of the Airmiles programme can calculate...

  • Free WEEEcollect.it service launches in UK

    Free WEEEcollect.it service launches in UK

    A modern day rag and bone man 20 March 2009 8:49 GMT

    WEEE processing company Midex has announced the nationwide roll-out of the country's first free WEEE collection service.

    Called WEEEcollect.it the house to house service will pick up items such as TVs, computers, printers and other everyday...

  • New electronics recycling company launched. Hardware, Biz, Recycling, Panasonic, Sharp, Toshiba 0

    New electronics recycling company launched

    Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba are team up for greener future 6 January 2008 19:41 GMT

    Three electronics giants have joined together to champion a greener future.

    Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba have co-founded a new electronic product recycling management company.

    The venture is called the Electronic Manufacturers...

  • Phone recycling website relaunches. Phones, Eco, Recycling 0

    Phone recycling website relaunches

    Mopay sets out to recycle old mobiles and give to charity 4 May 2007 15:55 GMT

    Mopay is relaunching to help people recycle their old mobile phones and give back to charity.

    The simple service that just takes the mobile details from you through the website will find a way to recycle the handset. Users just need to send...

  • Storage comes small for recycling. Gadgets, Kitchen gadgets, Recycling, Williams-Sonoma 0

    Storage comes small for recycling

    Recycling becomes compact for the kitchen 25 April 2007 13:02 GMT

    The Ecopod Recycling System from Williams-Sonoma crushes 50 plastic and aluminum containers and stores them in a plastic pod for transfer to your recycling bin.

    It looks ideal if you haven't got room in your kitchen to spin a whisk. The...

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