PC Recycler

About PC Recycler

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Don't Dump, Donate! The PC Recycler computer take back and reuse campaign has been helping the environment and our local community since 1998.

If you have redundant computer equipment suitable for reuse, and you would like to dispose of it in a socially aware and environmentally friendly manner, use our free collection service:- free collection

Reuse is better than recycling
In contrast with many home appliances, life cycle energy use of a computer is dominated by production (80%) as opposed to operation (20%). Extension of usable lifespan is thus a promising approach to mitigating energy impacts.
The original full report is here:-
www.it-environment.org/about%20project%20-%20LCA%20of%20IT%20hardware.htm

The Blackpool computer club was formed by PC Recycler to encourage the reuse of 'redundant' computers within our community. Every member of the club receives a free computer.

More details at www.blackpoolcomputerclub.co.uk

The PC Recycler community spaces project was formed to provide a venue (incubator space) for computer and electronic related groups and projects.

Local award winning project

The PC Recycler community IT project (CommIT) earned a top award in 2006.

400+ computers given away to our local community.

See our community showcase for details of other projects we have been involved with.

About PC Recycler
PC Recycler was founded in 1998 by one family to obtain free computer equipment for their local primary school. With the help of Blackpool Borough Council, Blackpool Council for Voluntary Service, and Blackpool challenge partnership, this computer reuse project has become a self supporting social enterprise based in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK.

PC Recycler retarts award winning project

2011-09-09T01:42:00.000-07:00

PC Recycler has restarted a project which enables Blackpool residents to obtain a completely free internet ready computer.
To obtain the free computer, the applicant attends a training session called 'online basics' at the Blackpool computer club.
The training is free of charge, and can be completed in approximately 3 hours.
Once the training is completed, the applicant takes away the computer they have trained on.

The last time PC Recycler ran this promotion, 400 computers were given away to Blackpool residents. see:- Free internet ready computer for details.

WEEE Regulations implement PC Recycler ideas

2011-08-27T05:32:00.000-07:00

In 1998, we launched with the slogan, "Don't Dump, Donate. Our primary aim was to encourage the re-use of 'redundant' IT equipment.
Believe it or not, in 1998, recycling computers actually meant re-using them, not scrapping them as it means now. Hence our rather misleading name!

Re-use is better than recycling.

WEEE update:
From 28 September 2011, you must declare on your waste transfer note or hazardous waste consignment note that you have applied the waste management hierarchy.What this means is that you must first attempt to re-use the 'waste' which is exactly what we have been doing with computers since 1998.WEEE is starting to catch up at last. If you can not re-use, you work your way down the hierarchy until you reach a step that you can apply.

More details on the waste hierarchy

2011-08-21T03:51:00.001-07:00

Dell recycling initiative, get up to £70 for that old monitor or printer.Recycle your old printers and monitors and get up to £70 cash back per recycled unit

Recycle Ink Cartridges

2011-08-21T03:49:00.000-07:00

In the UK, we throw away 30 million ink cartridges a year. These cartridges alone take 1,425,000 litres of oil to produce. If your ink cartridge can not be refilled, try one of the numerous schemes that recycle ink cartridges.

You can recycle your ink cartridges at Tesco supermarkets, and if you are a club card holder, you get 100 club card points for each eligible cartridge.(correct at March 2010)Post paid envelopes can be picked up in Tesco supermarkets, and a list of eligible cartridges can be found here:-

www.tesco.com/greenerliving/greener_tesco/which_ink_cartridges_tesco_recycle.page

Recycle Batteries

2011-08-21T03:47:00.001-07:00

Considering the composition of batteries, it is surprising that battery recycling has taken so long to become 'mainstream'.

Battery recycling is important. Currently only 3% of batteries are recycled in this country, (UK) but to meet the European targets this must rise to 25% by 2012.

Now that battery recycling has taken on more importance, it is much easier to recycle batteries, and there is no excuse for throwing batteries away with general rubbish to end up in landfill.

Another point to bear in mind is that where a lot of batteries are used, choosing rechargeable batteries instead of none rechargeable batteries will mean less battery recycling.

Recycle Mobile Phones

2011-08-21T03:46:00.001-07:00

Your old mobile phone still has value, instead of leaving it in a draw 'as a spare' or throwing it out with the rubbish, recycle it.

With Tesco you can recycle your old working mobile phone online and earn rewards:-

Gift Cards:
Whenever you recycle your mobile phones with Tesco you can get a gift card for the value of your phone

Green Club Card:
Plus a 200 Green Club Card points, Green Club Card Point are just like standard ClubCard points and you can spend them in exactly the same way - instore, online at Tesco direct and Tesco.com, or on ClubCard rewards

Donation:
You can ask us to donate £2 to the CLIC Sargent Campaign, which is UK's leading children's cancer charity. Money will be raised through-out the year via a range of product promotions in Tesco stores, with a proportion of those sales donated to Clic Sargent. Products include a special range of Tesco greetings cards, Tesco in-car air freshener and Canterbury Jack ale.
<a href="http://www.tescomobilerecycle.com/">More info at Tesco</a>

Boots Mobile Recycle offers an easy way to get Boots Advantage Card points for your old phone. Customers simply choose their handset, send it in and Boots will issue them with their Advantage Card points via one of the Extra Offers Kiosks in a larger Boots store. For every single handset received £1 will be given to charity. These donations are split equally between Boots chosen charities Breast Cancer Care and The Eve Appeal.
<a href="http://www.bootsrecycle.com/consumer/">More info at Boots</a>

Here are some links for more mobile phone recyclers.
If you have a favorite, or if you have had a good (or bad) experience with any of these, please let everyone know with your comments.

<a href="http://www.mazumamobile.com/">mazumamobile</a>
<a href="http://www.envirofone.com">envirofone</a>
<a href="http://www.fonebank.com/recycle_mobile_phone.aspx">fonebank</a>
<a href="http://www.mobilephonerecycling.co.uk/">mobilephonerecycling</a>
<a href="http://www.mobilephonexchange.co.uk/">mobilephonexchange</a>

A price comparison site comparing 32 mobile phone offers.
http://<a href="http://www.pcrecycler.eu/2010/11/compare-and-recycle.html">www.pcrecycler.eu/2010/11/compare-and-recycle.html</a>

CommIT - an award winning project

2011-07-20T00:14:00.001-07:00

From Documents

TV presenter Philippa Forrester presents Rob Ellis with the award

A community IT project led by Blackpool Wyre and Fylde Council for Voluntary Services has received a top accolade from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
The project – called CommIT - received the highest accolade of ‘Outstanding Project - Exceptional Winner’ at the HEFCE Active Community Fund Award.
The CommIT Project is a partnership between LUVU, Blackpool and Fylde Council for Voluntary Services, PC Recycler, Lancaster University Business Enterprise Centre and Blackpool Council. CommIT is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and is led by student volunteers who assist community organisations to make better use of ICT, for example through the installation of recycled computer equipment or the development of a websites and databases.

A total of 24 awards were presented to Higher Education student and staff volunteers and volunteering projects at a high-profile ceremony for 200 guests at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. The awards, hosted by TV presenter Philippa Forrester, were a celebration of the achievements of student and staff volunteers across the country.

A group of LUVU staff members and volunteers attended the ceremony in Gateshead on Wednesday (7th December 2005), to be presented with a plaque and certificate of achievement.

Judges described CommIT as ‘a brilliant use of the skills and knowledge within the University to engage with hard to reach groups. A model entry with great vision’.

Rob Ellis, LUVU’s Community ICT developer, said: “The team members are all very proud of their achievements and we feel proud of the positive impacts that the project has had on Blackpool, both through our work with community organisations and the general public.”

Lyndsey Sterritt, who has recently become a project leader said: “The award was really well deserved, considering the passion and dedication given by LUVU and the volunteers, and the enthusiasm with which the clients received the projects. I am proud and feel so privileged to have been part of CommIT.”

One person who has benefited from the projects’ work is Pat Spencer-Hughes, of the Revoe First Steps Centre in Blackpool.

She said: “Before the CommIT project the residents of Revoe (Blackpool) had little or no access to computers. This project enabled them to not only have access to computers but also the skills and confidence to use them in the future. The residents felt that the workshops’ content managed to grab their attention and the enthusiasm from the volunteers kept them coming back each week. In fact all the residents want to come back this year.”

Sir Howard Newby, Chief Executive, HEFCE, said: “It can be all too easy to accept the world around us, with its wars and disasters, as a world which we as individuals cannot change; to take for granted the more or less privileged lifestyle that many of us enjoy, and to feel helpless in the face of others’ needs. The volunteers and those representing volunteers at the ceremony are there because they haven’t given up, and have made a real difference.”

PC Recycler project gains exemplar status

2011-07-19T14:46:00.000-07:00

Between 2004 and 2006 PC recycler provided 420 free computers to individuals in Blackpool UK as part of the CommIT project. Lancaster University Volunteer Unit (LUVU), our partners in the project, used our computer suite to provided instructional workshops to all the recipients.

From Documents

LUVU Volunteers using the PC Recycler computer suite during the CommIT project.

CommIT project details

In 2007, this award winning project was awarded exemplar status by Renew North West.

RENEW ceased trading in 2008.

The renew site archived in 2007 by web archive.org
Renew

The wording below regarding exemplar status was kindly supplied by
Northwest Regional Development Agency as author of the RCE document (ELP 2007 FINAL.pdf).
Documents available here:-
www.placesmatter.co.uk/resources/renew

CommIT –
the Community ICT Solutions project run by Lancaster University Volunteering Unit – is
another example of daring to reach beyond the obvious. Again, this initiative
came from an organisation that is not part of the usual matrix of sustainable
communities professions and was under no statutory or contractual
obligation to devote the time and effort needed to make the idea work.

The idea behind CommIT is that students at Lancaster University
use their computer skills to help community groups. This has involved
assessing the needs of voluntary organisations, brokering partnerships
between students and community groups, and working with mental health
service users and young offenders.

Working through Blackpool Councilfor Voluntary Services, the university
teamed up with 20 community organisations to conduct a ‘healthcheck’
of their ICT needs. The scheme works because there
is a bedrock of mutual benefit. The student volunteers learn about working
with communities and applying their knowledge in practical contexts,
which makes them more employable; community groups and their users
learn how to use technology and apply it to their needs, and reach a stage
where they can take part in formal accredited learning.

Key points from the Exemplar Learning Programme 2007

Build on evidence but be ready to reinvent:
the most successful projects learn from what has gone before, but are sensitive to context.
Knowledge and expertise must be adapted to meet the unique challenges of places and people.

We learn by listening:
the programme highlighted the importance of thorough preparation, listening to those who have been
involved in similar projects and to the concerns and aspirations of local people.

We learn by doing:
meeting and overcoming expected and unexpected challenges enables practitioners to learn what works and what doesn’t. Flexibility and pragmatism are vital to success.

We learn by daring:
the most effective projects don’t stick to the obvious. They venture into the unknown and set themselves challenges
that are beyond the call of duty.

We learn by valuing:
overcoming conflicts and building relationships of trust and respect enables partnerships to work effectively.

We learn by reflecting:
evaluation is an essential learning process, especially when used to adjust priorities and practice during a project

We learn by owning:
when participants feel a personal responsibility for a project, it generates an energy and will to succeed that turns
obstacles into opportunities.

Sharing the learning is important:
while some projects put systems in place at an early stage to share what has been learned, others appear to
approach this as an afterthought. Learning may be lost unless specific provision is made.

The Egan principles need an underpinning ethos:
the most effective and convincing projects don’t just supply the elements of a sustainable community.
They reveal an ethos that marries energy and values to vital professional skills. A successful project is more than just a job.

Charity donations

2011-07-19T11:49:00.001-07:00

If you are a charity with an address in Blackpool, Wyre or Fylde, you are entitled to a free computer from PC Recycler Ltd.
The computer will be provided completely free of charge through the Microsoft Authorised Refurbisher scheme (MAR).

If you have not yet claimed a free computer from us, please contact us to arrange collection.

If you have previously claimed a computer from us, you can get it upgraded to a newer model by joining the Blackpool Computer Club at a cost of just one Pound per week.

Blackburn Junior Gateway club

2011-04-30T11:46:00.000-07:00

Blackburn Junior Gateway, c/o G.Cade
184 Quebec Rd, Blackburn
BB2 7DP

21-10-99

Dear Recycler gang,

Blackburn Junior Gateway is a club run entirely by volunteers for children between the ages of 6-16 with learning disabilities, and they would like to thank Recycler for the donation of four computers and a printer. Thanks to your recycling scheme and the companies who have donated the computers, we have been able to catch up with technology and help the environment by putting to good use something that may have been scrapped.

Recycling computers is a big saving to schools and clubs like ours who would never be able to afford new ones. We rely entirely on fund raising events for our income and this money is used to replace equipment that gets damaged or to take the members on trips.

Once again a big thank you from all our members.

Yours sincerely,

Gordon Cade.

Women's Health Information and Support Centre

2011-04-30T11:42:00.000-07:00

WHISC Women's Health Information and Support 120 bold street
Liverpool L1 4JA
Tel. 0151 707 1826

22 July 1999

WHISC is a small voluntary organisation based in the centre of Liverpool. Our aims are to promote a positive approach to women's health.

As a small organisation we constantly struggle to raise our running costs and also find it very difficult to come up with sources of funds to obtain equipment. We therefore welcome the existence of innovative organisations like yourselves, who not only assist charitable groups like ourselves but also aim to improve the environment by not wasting precious resources. we would like to thank Recycler for the computer system and assure you that it will be put to very good use.
Gail Hayes
Manager

Helping Ribble Valley Council

2011-04-30T11:30:00.000-07:00

Burnside, Snodworth Road
Langho, Blackburn
BB6 8DR

31 March 2000

Dear Mr. Hewitt,

Your name was given to me by Mrs. Bailey of chipping. She said you had helped in the provision of computers for the Chipping Village Hall Project, and that you might also be able to help me.

I am a Ribble Valley Councillor and part of my duties consist of carrying out inspection visits to the residential establishments in the Ribble Valley. It was while carrying out such an inspection at one of the childrens homes that I discovered that the children, who are already disadvantaged, are being further disadvantaged by the fact that they do not have access to computers.

On checking accross the list of residential childrens homes in the Ribble Valley, I learn that this applies to all of them and to the residential reception centre as well. I also learnt that these children are actually receiving computer based homework, which they are therefore unable to complete.

I decided to try to rectify this and have at this time managed to get one computer into one of the establishments. I am however having difficulty in obtaining computers of a standard which will enable the children to run educational packages including the GCSE's and the Encarta Encyclopaedia.

These require a CDROM and a sound card, together with the ability to run Windows 95. If you can assist me in this project I would be very grateful.

Yours sincerely,
Lois Rimmer.

End note: PC Recycler has provided all equipment requested by the Councillor.

Helping the village of Chipping

2011-04-30T11:25:00.000-07:00

From PC Recycler

Chipping & District Memorial Hall was opened on the 14th November 1999 by Mr Jack Berry MBE. Mike Hewitt, the founder of PC Recycler received an invitation, and attended the opening, having donated a suite of computers to the hall project.

Chipping & District Memorial Hall, Chipping, Nr. Preston, Lancs.

Governing Body:- The Parish Councils of Chipping and Leagram with Little Bowland jointly.

Dear Mike,

On behalf of Chipping Village Hall Committee, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to acquire the computers and a printer which were so generously donated by Cray Valley Ltd. Chipping has almost completed a three year program of designing and construction of the new hall which incorporates a purpose built Education room modelled on the Swedish Tele-Cottage concept, to allow local people access to computing and communication facilities which are not otherwise available. Raising sufficient funds to build a new hall is a mammoth undertaking for a small community and the generous donation of these machines has significantly eased the burden of financing the project. The availability of the computers has meant that we have been able to begin to equip the Education room and so allow residents of the village the opportunity to gain new skills or expand their businesses. To date three training courses, which are fully booked, have been arranged to run from January 2000, culminating in CLAIT qualifications for the participants. In addition, the local school which only has one computer for all its pupils will be using the facility on a regular basis during term time. Local business people have expressed an interest in using the computers and it is our intention to provide a full range of IT facilities if the demand is substained and when funds allow. Please pass on our thanks to Cray Valley Ltd. for making the computers available to us. The formal opening of the new hall is on the 14th of November and you are most welcome to attend together with any member of Cray Valley's staff when there will be the opportunity to see the computers installed in their new working environment.

Yours Sincerely Mrs. K. Bailey. (Treasurer)

Village website

Helping Beacon hill school

2011-04-30T11:21:00.000-07:00

From PC Recycler

On behalf of the staff, governors and young people at Beacon Hill High School, I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for your recent donation of 24 computers. We hope to use the computers across several areas of the curriculum providing our young people with vital resources, enabling them to further explore the benefits that information technology brings.

Should you wish to visit the school to see first hand how much needed and beneficial they are to the school as a whole, please either contact myself or Sharon Worthington on the above number.

Yours Sincerely
Mr M Wilmore
Headteacher
Beacon Hill High School

15th October 2003

Helping Montgomery school

2011-04-30T11:12:00.000-07:00

From PC Recycler

In order to support our Adult and Family Learners who enrol on our Beginners ICT course we at Montgomery Education Centre were looking for a way to provide opportunity for our learners to experience a PC in their own home without going to the expense of buying one. Our concern was that new learners may buy a new PC only to find they have little or no use for it in their lives. If we could lend them a computer for a short period of time they could practice the new skills they had learnt and consider whether or not investment in a new PC would be a good use of their money. In addition, we felt they would be a little more knowledgable when they went out to make that purchase of a new PC.

Initially we struggled to find the funding to purchase a bank of PCs which we could lend out. Our problems were solved when PC Recycler were able to provide us with 12 complete outfits at no cost to ourselves.

Those 12 PCs have been lent out many times over the past 3 years fulfilling their role in exactly the way we anticipated. Without the support of PC Recycler we, as an Adult and Family Learning provider, would not have been able to support our learners in the way we wished.

Patrick Allen

Montgomery school

June 2006

Blackpool Victoria hospital radio

2011-04-30T11:09:00.000-07:00

Radio victoria receives free computer from PC Recycler (Nov 06)

Dear Sir\Madam, I was interested to learn about your various projects to make computing more accessible to the local community on the blackpool4me website, particularly your monthly free PC competition.

I am writing as Chairman of radio Victoria, the Blackpool Hospitals Radio service. In common with all the other hospital radio stations around the UK, radio Victoria is run entirely by a group of dedicated volunteers, who each give up a few hours of their spare time each week to visit patients in Victoria hospital, collect their record requests, and present the programmes. We are on the air each evening, with additional daytime shows at the weekend, and our aim is to provide a uniquely personalised radio service that is both informative and entertaining for those people unlucky enough to be stuck in hospital!

It goes without saying that the station is run on a shoestring budget. We rely on charitable donations and our own fundraising efforts to keep the station on the air and to pay for new broadcasting equipment as and when it is required. We have a computerised record library, but our present PC is a slow elderly machine that was previously thrown out by the health authority! In addition, we are exploring the possibility of installing an automated playout system in our studio which would effectively enable us to extend our hospital broadcasting to 24 hours a day, thus providing a real alternative to the other mainstream radio stations available to patients. To enable us to proceed with this idea, we would need to acquire a second PC.

We would be delighted therefore if you would consider us a worthy recipient of one of your free computers, which we could put to very good use in either of the situations detailed above. If we are lucky enough to be chosen as a winner, we would also be more than happy to provide some on air publicity to highlight the valuable work you do.

Yours Faithfully

John Hunter

Chairman

Helping Blackpool Youth offending team

2011-04-30T11:03:00.000-07:00

Lee from the Youth offending team presenting the computer course certificate.

From PC Recycler

PC Recycler partnered with Lancaster University Volunteer Unit (LUVU) for 2 years between 2004 and 2006 on a project called CommIT.

For the Youth offending team session, PC recycler provided the computer hardware, and the initial course notes, Lancaster university volunteers supervised the course.

Following the success of this one off pilot, PC Recycler introduced an extended course. The course is 40 hours, spread to suit those attending, and is free to 16-24 year old residents living in the Blackpool FY1 area. This course is available to eligible young people until 2009.

12 young Blackpool people have been given extra IT and multimedia skills through an innovative project run by Lancaster University Volunteering Unit (LUVU). The project, CommIT, has been running a variety of sessions to provide the 16-19 year olds with the extra skills needed to get into further training and employment.

One aspect of the project worked with Blackpool Youth Offending Team (YOT), teaching young people computer hardware skills. Five young people were engaged in a series of workshops run by volunteers from LUVU, which taught them about PC components, and how the inside of a computer works. It is expected that some, if not all of these young people will use their new skills to enter further IT training, and to access employment within the IT industry.

Thanks to one of CommIT's project partners, Blackpool organisation PC Recycler, the participants were able to keep the machines on which they had been working.

PC Recycler Supports local charity

2011-04-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

PC Recycler provides and maintains an 8 computer suite with broadband internet access for the Helping Hand charity in Blackpool:

From PC Recycler

We would just like to confirm that the internet cafe service that PC Recycler have set up and continue to provide for our organisation is vital to the service we are able to offer our vulnerable clients. As you are aware the majority of our clients are unemployed, homeless or living in hostel accomodation and as a result of life controlling problems or addtictions are in a uncontrollable cycle which they cannot break out from. The free access which they gain to the computer suite is allowing them to break that cycle in several ways:-
a) Allowing clients learn skills both in computer literacy and basic English

b) To be able to access local service via the web such as the availablity of housing through the home start scheme, jobcentre plus etc.

c) To produce cv's and to email them to prospective employers

d) To achieve a sense of self worth at being able to spend their time in a worth while manner.

So many thanks and keep up the good work

John Phillips

Project Co-ordinator

Helping Hand

Blackpool

June 2006

Project gains Exemplar status

2011-04-30T04:03:00.001-07:00

LUVU Volunteers using the PC Recycler computer suite during the CommIT project.
CommIT project details

RENEW ceased trading in 2008. The wording below regarding exemplar status was kindly supplied by
Northwest Regional Development Agency as author of the RCE document (ELP 2007 FINAL.pdf).
Documents available here:-
www.placesmatter.co.uk/resources/renew

The renew site archived in 2007 by web archive.org
Renew

CommIT –
the Community ICT Solutions project run by Lancaster University Volunteering Unit – is
another example of daring to reach beyond the obvious. Again, this initiative
came from an organisation that is not part of the usual matrix of sustainable
communities professions and was under no statutory or contractual
obligation to devote the time and effort needed to make the idea work.

The idea behind CommIT is that students at Lancaster University
use their computer skills to help community groups. This has involved
assessing the needs of voluntary organisations, brokering partnerships
between students and community groups, and working with mental health
service users and young offenders.

Working through Blackpool Councilfor Voluntary Services, the university
teamed up with 20 community organisations to conduct a ‘healthcheck’
of their ICT needs. The scheme works because there
is a bedrock of mutual benefit. The student volunteers learn about working
with communities and applying their knowledge in practical contexts,
which makes them more employable; community groups and their users
learn how to use technology and apply it to their needs, and reach a stage
where they can take part in formal accredited learning.

Key points from the Exemplar Learning Programme 2007

Build on evidence but be ready to reinvent:
the most successful projects learn from what has gone before, but are sensitive to context.
Knowledge and expertise must be adapted to meet the unique challenges of places and people.

We learn by listening:
the programme highlighted the importance of thorough preparation, listening to those who have been
involved in similar projects and to the concerns and aspirations of local people.

We learn by doing:
meeting and overcoming expected and unexpected challenges enables practitioners to learn what works and what doesn’t. Flexibility and pragmatism are vital to success.

We learn by daring:
the most effective projects don’t stick to the obvious. They venture into the unknown and set themselves challenges
that are beyond the call of duty.

We learn by valuing:
overcoming conflicts and building relationships of trust and respect enables partnerships to work effectively.

We learn by reflecting:
evaluation is an essential learning process, especially when used to adjust priorities and practice during a project

We learn by owning:
when participants feel a personal responsibility for a project, it generates an energy and will to succeed that turns
obstacles into opportunities.

Sharing the learning is important:
while some projects put systems in place at an early stage to share what has been learned, others appear to
approach this as an afterthought. Learning may be lost unless specific provision is made.

The Egan principles need an underpinning ethos:
the most effective and convincing projects don’t just supply the elements of a sustainable community.
They reveal an ethos that marries energy and values to vital professional skills. A successful project is more than just a job.

Recycling lives

2010-11-29T12:07:00.001-08:00

My name is Martin Hundziak, I work for a recycler and social welfare charity in Preston called Recycling Lives, and I believe our new, innovative social enterprise- the BulkyWaste Service- would make an excellent resource for your viewers.
The Bulky Waste Service allows every household in the UK to book collections for their bulky waste through a quick and simple online process. The service aims to reuse or recycle at least 60 per cent of the waste received, with reusable items of furniture refurbished and sold on to charities or low-income families. The service also creates employment and training opportunities for the long-term unemployed.
To read more about the BulkyWaste Service, see www.bulkywaste.org or for Recycling Lives, www.recyclinglives.com
Also, you can read our press release about the dotcom launch of the service here
I can be reached at martin.hundziak@recyclinglives.com
Thank you for your time
Martin Hundziak
Recycling Lives Ltd

Martin Hundziak
Project Development

Martin.Hundziak@recyclinglives.com

TotalReuse

2010-11-29T12:05:00.001-08:00

I am contactiing all the companies listed on the itforcharities website to tell you about TotalReuse. We are Community Interest Company based in Lancashire, (please visit www.exselcic.com to see who we are and what we do). We have recently started www.totalreuse.co.uk which is a website that is designed to try and get people working on the same waste streams to communicate with each other and share, skills, knowledge and experiences in an effort to find alternative uses for things we throw away.

One of the groups is computer recycling so please visit totalreuse and ask a member of staff to sign up so that we can start to get like minded individuals and organisations talking to each other working together to find solutions. Could I also ask that you send a short reply confirming you have recieved this email, thank you.

I look forward to you joining the revolution. Please feel free to forward totalreuse details to anyone else you think may be interested in developing a network within any project area.

Kind regards

Martin Gamester Chartered Member CIPD, Fellow ITOL, Fellow SSE

Director Business Development

Aljema Limited Business Solutions - Company Number 03608754
Exsel (Int) Community Interest Company - Company Number 04628632
Head Office, Gladden House, 17 Gladden Place, West Gillibrands, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9SX

Mobile Phone: 0044 (0)7736 251 075
email: martin@exselcic.com

Compare and recycle

2010-11-29T09:46:00.000-08:00

Price comparison site where you can can compare the prices being offered for old electronic goods, including mobile phones, sat navs, cameras, games consoles, laptops and MP3 players.

How it works:-
Using Compare and Recycle to get the most cash for your unwanted goods couldn’t be easier.

We have designed a clear and simple way to compare the best recycling companies and find the ones offering the most cash for your recyclables.

Search – Select your model and click to see a full table of all the prices that we can find,
Compare – Look at all the columns to see which recycler is best for you,
Get Cash – Follow the “Sell Now” link to go and get your cash.

Try it now at, www.compareandrecycle.co.uk We Compare All 32 Mobile Phone Recycling Companies

Charity donations

2010-10-03T06:49:00.001-07:00

Free computers

2010-10-03T02:28:00.001-07:00

PC Recycler formed the Blackpool computer club to encourage the reuse of 'redundant' computers.

A free computer is given to each new members of the computer club.

However, it is only worth considering if you live close by, (Blackpool UK) as you are required to visit the club to collect your free computer.

Membership of the club costs just one Pound per week, more details here:-
www.blackpoolcomputerclub.co.uk