Mobile Phone and Printer Cartridge Recycling
Approximately 15 million mobile phones will be bought from shops this year and over 12 million of these will end up in drawers, cupboards or in the bin in the next three years.
Leicestershire householders can recycle their unwanted mobile phones and printer cartridges and raise money for LOROS, Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for Relief of Suffering and Rainbows Children's Hospice through a scheme run by the County Council and Office Green.
Mobiles and printer cartridges can be sent to Office Green to be recycled, please address the envelope: Freepost RRAE-TGSG-XUAU, Office Green, Brentwood, CM13 1XA.
Mobile phone collection points are also located at all 14 Recycling and Household Waste Sites.
These sites are:-
- Barwell – Stapleton Lane, Barwell, Leics. LE9 8HE
- Bottesford – Normanton Lane, Bottesford, Leics. NG13 0EL
- Coalville – Ashby Road, Coalville, Leics. LE67 3LA
- Kibworth – Harborough Road (A6), Kibworth, Leics. LE8 0RB
- Loughborough – Railway Terrace, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 1HW
- Lount – Nottingham Road (A453), Lount, Leics. LE65 1SD
- Lutterworth – Moorbarns Lane, Lutterworth, Leics. LE17 4QJ
- Market Harborough – Riverside Industrial Park, Market Harborough, Leics. LE16 7PT
- Melton Mowbray – Lake Terrace, Melton Mowbray, Leics. LE13 0BZ
- Oadby – Wigston Road, Oadby, Leicester, Leics. LE2 5JE
- Shepshed – Hathern Road, Shepshed, Leics. LE12 9RP
- Sileby – Cemetery Road, Sileby, Leics. LE12 7PH
- Somerby – Knossington Road, Somerby, Leics. LE15 8DR
- Whetstone – Enderby Road, Whetstone, Leicester, Leics. LE8 6JL
SIM cards will be removed from phones and destroyed - but people are asked to do this before donating the phone. All working phones and those with minor problems will be refurbished and sold outside Western Europe. Phones that cannot be repaired are stripped and all components re-used or recycled.
This scheme is for householders only. Any businesses wishing to recycle old mobile phones or printer cartridges please contact
Customer Service Centre
Waste Management
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall
Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8ST
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