Mobile recycling helps fund guide dog training
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 11:58:00
A mobile phone recycling initiative carried out in Sheffield has helped to cover the cost of the complete training of a guide dog for the blind.
Employees of the city council worked in partnership with staff at Veolia Environmental Services, to raise the £5,000 needed to take a young puppy from the inexperienced stage to a fully fledged guide dog that will help a blind member of the community for years to come.
The workers collected old and unwanted mobile phones for recycling, as well as ink cartridges and other recyclable electronic devices, encouraging people from the surrounding area to package up their products in a freepost envelope and send it off, all in the name of a good cause.
The guide dog pup has been named Maddy and it was Veolia employee, Dean Wood, who got to name the animal following a competition, as a way of saying thank you to all of the workers for their efforts in raising the cash.
Mr Wood also received vouchers for shopping centre Meadowhall and has been given the chance to meet the guide dog in training.
Veolia spokesperson, Simon Heathcote, said that the firm and its employees were delighted to be able to take part in this charitable drive and extended his thanks to the local community, which had rallied around to donate old mobile phones to the cause.
Guide dog fundraiser, Sal Chapman, praised the idea behind the mobile recycling scheme and said that it not only helps charities to get a bit of extra cash but also encourages more people to recycle their old handsets, so that they can be reused or properly disposed of.
Sheffield is just one of the many cities in the UK which is making it easier for people to recycle their mobile phones.
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