Give charity a Christmas present - recycle your old mobile asks MP

12.35.46pm UTC (GMT +0000) Wed 22nd Dec 2004

There re over 75 million redundant mobiles in the UK - enough phones to stretch from London to Lapland more than three times - and so if Santa brings you a new mobile phone this Christmas - don't forget you can put your old one to good use and recycle it for charity.

Sue said "Some of the UKs leading charities have teamed up with the specialist recycling company The Recycling Appeal to run eco-friendly fundraising appeals meaning every mobile you donate can generate vital funds for your chosen charity. You can donate you mobile to Marie Curie Cancer Care, the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, the Royal National Institute for the Blind, the Children's Hospice Association for Scotland or Northern Ireland Hospice Care. All you have to do is call 08712 50 50 50 or visit www.recyclingappeal.com, state which of the five charities you'd like to support and ask for a FREEPOST envelope. Then all you have to do is pop it in the post."

"Businesses too can use this facility not only for mobile phones but for print cartridges too"

"So what are you waiting for? Call 08712 50 50 50 and support a charity this Christmas"