The council and British Heart Foundation are giving people another chance to recycle small and medium-sized unwanted electrical items on Saturday 28 January to support those with heart disease.
Our last event was a huge success with the British Heart Foundation totting up items to the value of £6,300 – enough to pay for six defibrillators.
‘Don’t bin it, bring it’ will take place at the St Paul's Church, Tuckswood, Norwich, NR4 6BH. People are invited to bring along their small and medium-sized electrical items (working or non-working) between 8am and 1pm.
Items such as toasters, hairdryers, mobile phones, TVs, games consoles and kettles will all be gratefully received. Commercial waste and larger items, such as fridges or ovens will not be accepted.
The British Heart Foundation will be at the event collecting items which are suitable for re-use and eventual resale from their local Norwich store. The money made from selling your old TV could be used to help fund research into heart disease, or teach children about the importance of exercise.
Norwich City Council will be recycling all items which are not suitable for re-use. Recycling makes the most out of the valuable metals in electrical equipment as well as keeping it out of landfill where it gives off harmful gases.
This event compliments the small electrical doorstep recycling service which Norwich City Council has recently introduced.
Computers will be accepted at the event but they will be dealt with exclusively by the British Heart Foundation which will ensure data is cleared before resale. Norwich City Council can take no responsibility for donation of computers.
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