Bowley Recycling Appeal

The Bowley Appeal is designed to make money by recycling mobile phones, PDAs and printer cartridges. The Bowley Recycling Appeal benefits so many people. The money we generate can be used to help run the site and buy much needed equipment to extend the range of facilities available. Not only that, our recycling efforts will have a positive impact on our environment.

The mobiles you donate will be refurbished and resold or fully recycled. Refurbished mobiles may be sent to developing countries where there are few landlines meaning the person who ends up with your phone might rely on it for their business or to keep in touch with family and friends. Your old mobile could really change someone's life.

The printer cartridges you collect will be refilled and returned to the consumer stream as an environmentally friendly product.

When mobiles and cartridges are binned they end up in landfill sites where they take hundreds of years to biodegrade. What's more, the toxic chemicals they contain will eventually leak into the soil and pollute the environment. Just think of the millions of mobile phones and cartridges which are binned every year and you'll begin to realise just how much damage they cause to the environment.

The main collection point is the blue wheelie bin outside reception at Bowley but feel free to arrange local collection points and transport to Bowley en mass.

There are some great resources to help you with your recycling efforts at scoutsappeal.com

Take a look at the top tips section to see what other groups have been doing to make their appeals successful and download the promotions pack which includes press releases, posters, letters to businesses and everything else you'll need to encourage your community to support our appeal.

And don't forget that Scouts Appeal can help you gain loads of badges as well as raise cash for Bowley.