- Have you ever bought a mobile phone?
- Do you still have the old one?
- Do you know some one who has bought a replacement phone or is getting one for Christmas?
If you do please read on and if you don’t read on anyway! Every year, fifteen million new mobile phones get purchased in the UK with a million of these being purchased over the Christmas Period. Most of the phones that they replace end up in landfill waste sites where the dangerous metals, including cadmium, nickel and lithium, can leak into the environment, including the water supply. This is now recognised as a major environmental problem. The vast majority of these products can be recycled, and have a financial value that can be recognised for the benefit of Bees United.
Bees United is launching a mobile phone recycling scheme in conjunction with its successful BeeGreen printer cartridge recycling scheme. The scheme will now also cover all mobile phones, chargers and batteries. Simply bring them bring them along bundled together, in a plastic bag or original box, to the collection point in Reception at Brentford FC. Even if the are not working they still can be recycled. Please do not put the phones in the printer cartridge bins outside! If you have 10 or more phones then arrangements can be made for them to be collected.
Collection point is at: Brentford FC (Reception)
Griffin Park
Braemar Road
Brentford
TW8 0NT
Opening times: Monday – Friday 9am – 5 pm and match days
Please do look around home to find that old phone you never use and bring it in. Do not stop at bringing in the old mobile phones yourself. Encourage friends, family, the firm that you work for or your college or school to participate in the scheme. By saving these phones you will be helping to protect the environment and to ensure the survival Brentford FC – so that it can continue its work in the local community.
For more information please email Jon Gosling