A recent BBC exposé showed evidence that some organisations may be transporting their broken hardware overseas. Stone Group, a hardware supplier, has widely criticised public sector organisations that allow e-waste to be shipped abroad for illegal dumping. The Group stated that it was disappointed to see IT hardware being dumped on other continents following a BBC programme highlighting the illegal practice. Public sector ogranisations were accused of transporting redundant IT equipment to waste sites in Ghana in a BBC3 spot that aired last week. 'Blood, Sweat & Luxuries: Gold and E-Waste' showed images of children at the waste site in Ghana scavenging ... Full Story

Mobile phone recycling is continuing to grow in popularity. As mobile phone manufactures and service providers continue to plug the importance of mobile recycling, more and more internet sites are popping up to help consumers get the best deal for their old mobile handsets. Simply Drop mobile recycling, a web-based service offered by the Royal Mail, is a quickly emerging as a leading web price comparator. Despite not offering the highest price always, the site offers competitive fees alongside top phone manufacturers. Offers on the site at present include £22.88 for the Nokia 3250, or £14.08  for the LG Prada KE850. Simply ... Full Story

Global office supply retailer, Office Depot, reports that the company successfully recycled 562 tonnes of e-waste through its Tech Trade-In promotion during Earth Day. The office supply firm, in recognition of Earth Day's 40th anniversary, launched the initiative with an aim to collect at least 400 tonnes of electronic rubbish to recycle. Office Depot was able to surpass its goal, collecting over 560 tonnes from customers. Included in the recycled waste collected by Office Depot were shredders, laptops, ink cartridges, printers, and digital cameras. The majority of recycled e-waste was received by Office Depot's California-based retailers, with Florida retailers not far ... Full Story

Cartridge World, in honour of Earth Day, is promoting ink cartridge recycling around communities in an effort to remind community members of the importance of helping the environment in ways that save money too. In North America, according to research, up to 350 million cartridges are sent to landfill each year. An ink cartridge sent to waste can take 450 years to decompose. Cartridge World is aiming to keep those ink cartridges out of landfills and into recycling bins. Empty ink cartridges can be refilled and reused. The process can also save businesses and households a considerable amount of money. Cartridge World ... Full Story

New statistics revealing the amount of waste from food which families are not able to recycle has spurred on environmental groups to urge households to recycle used printer cartridges. It is hoped this will help salvage a somewhat green approach to household waste management. Recycling body, WRAP, stated that the average households in the UK had a combined waste up to 8.3 billion tonnes of food per year. A figure which equals £12 billion. According to the recycling group, the average family of four could save an additional £50 if they wasted less food which had already been bought. A local communications manager, ... Full Story

In the ongoing fight to conquer breast cancer, organisations have begun turning to 'green' fundraisers has a means to raise funding and awareness. Green could very well take-over from the famous pink trademark colour of the breast cancer fight, as recycling programmes serve to benefit the fight against cancer. Breast Cancer Campaign is now promoting recycling for charity, which urges UK residents to recycle their old or unwanted mobile phones, ink cartridges, textiles, and even bras, in order to contribute to raising funding for important breast cancer research. So far, the charity has been able to raise more than £100,000, thanks to ... Full Story

UK schools will join forces with a local environmental group in order to recycle mobile phones and old ink cartridges. The scheme will look to decrease the number of these types of items being sent to landfill across the UK. The community scheme could potentially raise  £5 million in funding for UK schools. Dubbed the Support Your School programme, the scheme will be handled by Environmental Business Products (EBP). EBP will give a cash incentive of  £3 per mobile phone and £1 per ink cartridge to participating schools. Currently millions of used ink cartridges are sent to landfill, despite the fact ... Full Story

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is set to revamp its recycling habits, which currently are plagued with out-dated facilities and lack of resources. However, now thanks to Fisher Recycling, a local waste management company, companies in the popular resort town will now be able to recycle plastic, glass, and aluminium. Previously, due to a lack of service and facility companies in the Myrtle Beach area could not even recycle the most basic recyclables such as glass and plastic. Thanks to South Myrtle Chamber of Commerce's new 'Going Green' Campaign, Fisher Recycle will now provide auditing services for waste as well as recycling ... Full Story

Recent research has shown that offices in the United Kingdom are not doing their part to recycle and reduce waste.  Studies have shown that although most Brits recycle in their own homes, that many do not carry these green ideals into the workplace.  When asked most of them say that since they are not the ones paying for their indiscretions that they are not as concerned with being green.  With dustbin taxes as well as other financial incentives encouraging most people to recycle at home, the office has no such laws which allow people to basically do as they please.   ... Full Story

www.recycle4charity.co.uk With new mobile phone models featuring the latest in technological innovations introduced so frequently, it is not surprising that the number of unwanted mobile phones discarded in the UK number in the millions. The recycling industry has noted that not everyone buying a new phone is aware that discarded mobiles are often burned, leading to the release of toxic chemicals into the environment. In addition, discarded mobile phones contribute to the massive amount of non-biodegradable waste dumped in UK landfill each year. Another item that can be recycled, but is often discarded, is a printer cartridge. Rather than being reused, many are simply ... Full Story

Cartridge World Carbon Zero Racing in conjunction with co2balance, the team's award winning carbon offset partner, is delighted to be able to offer all fans travelling to the circuits by car, an opportunity to follow the lead set by the team and offset their own car's CO2 emissions. Visit the official team website www.cartridgeworldcarbonzeroracing.com and on the home page select the Emissions Calculator on the top or the Carbon Zero Coming to Race link on the right and follow the few easy steps and become a Carbon Zero Driver. By entering your return mileage, engine size and type, the co2balance "carbon calculator" will work out the how much CO2 ... Full Story

We were at Rockingham Motor Speedway Circit yesterday (19th March 2009) to see the official unveiling of The British Touring Cars Championship's (BTCC) 2009 entry list. What has this got to do with Recycle.co.uk and recycling?  Well, we were there to see Cartridge World Carbon Zero Racing team unveil their two SEAT Leon cars which will be run completely Carbon Zero Full Story