Old mobile phones to help Tsunami plight

AMONGST THE MYRIAD of schemes dreamt up to raise money for residents of Asia's Tsunami stricken countries is a scheme to recycle old mobile phones.

Given the large number of handsets purchased as presents over the festive season, there should be plenty of old mobile phones kicking around.

So a recycling specialist, Eurosource Europe, has decided to hook up with Tsunami fund raising co-ordinators, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), to encourage people to donate their old mobile phones.

Unlike other such schemes, you can gauge exactly how much your old phone is worth by going onto the recycling appeal's Web site. For example, an old Ericsson T68 would be worth £4.

You can go online and request an envelope from them. Pope the handset inside it and you don't even have to pay the postage. The scheme appears to cover three countries - the UK, France and Eire.

if you don't have an old phone, they'll also take any old printer cartridges which you don't want. µ

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Recyling Appeal