Recycling and the environment
Recycling Appeal
Recycling Appeal makes a contribution to the charity for every mobile phone and inkjet cartridge donated
By recycling these items you will make a valuable contribution to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity because we receive £4 for each recyclable mobile phone and £1 for each recyclable inkjet cartridge donated.
You'll also be doing your bit for the environment by diverting waste away from landfill sites.
Recycling Appeal provides an environmentally safe end of life solution for mobiles through trading the handsets into developing countries to help with their communication systems.
Get involved by calling 08451 30 20 10 or visit www.recyclingappeal.com/gosh
You can request freepost envelopes or set up a collection box in your workplace. There is even a free collection service for 15 items or more.
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Patient, Ben with Claudia Winkleman at launch of new scheme
Clothing Collections
We are thrilled to announce that on
1 June 2009 the charity launched a new recycling partnership with Oxfam.
The new house to house collections will start in a small area in Surrey and gradually roll out across the whole of London and the South East.
Oxfam will deliver bags to homes and collect them on the day indicated on the front of the bag.
The bags will then be taken to Oxfam’s unique sorting facility, Wastesaver, where they are weighed and sorted by experienced staff.
The items will be sold in various outlets, from Oxfam’s high street shops to Oxfam Online shop, festival shop and to recycling wholesalers in the UK and overseas.
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity will receive £75 per tonne of collected items.
For details on the new scheme and where the collections will take place please call 0300 200 1238 or visit www.oxfam.org.uk/collect
Recycling used stamps and postcards
Do you have any used postage stamps or postcards which you have saved but are not sure where to send?
We are very fortunate to have Essex volunteer, Mike Grimwade, who is willing to sort and sell postage stamps whether they are old or new, from Britain or overseas, valuable or everyday, with all proceeds going to the charity.
All stamps are sold by weight and Mike can accept any face value of stamp. Individual stamps that are worth more will be sold separately.
How do I recycle my stamps?
Leave your stamps on their original envelopes but trim them to leave about 1 cm paper around each one. This helps to reduce postage costs and speed up Mike’s work considerably.
Please send donations to:
Mike Grimwade
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Stamps
94 Eastwood Old Road
Leigh-on-Sea
Essex, SS9 4RS
To ensure the scheme raises as much money as possible, we are unable to personally acknowledge and thank stamp donors or provide collection boxes. Please note that postcards can also be sold on.
If you have any further queries, please contact communityevents@gosh.org
