According to a recent poll carried out by one of the UK’s biggest mobile recycling sites, Envirofone it has been found that the average household contains £110 worth of unwanted electrical gadgets including mobile phones, MP3 players, CD and DVD players, laptops, games consoles and digital cameras.

The total value of all this electrical equipment that is being stashed in people’s homes adds up to a staggering £28 billion. In light of the current economic climate if people were to sell their unwanted gadgets at recycling sites or even car boot sales they could quickly and easily earn some extra cash for themselves.

A lot of the old equipment in people’s homes will comprise of unwanted Christmas presents or items that have since been upgraded to a better model. Envirofone says that over a million tonnes of unwanted electrical items were put in the bin last year alone.

With all the recycling facilities, websites and government regulations in the UK its surprising that a third of all electrical items in people’s homes are still expected to end up at landfill. Electrical items contain both valuable and hazardous materials which should never end up at landfill.

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Envirofone one of the UK’s leading mobile recycling sites have recently announced that in the last 12 months they have arranged for over 1.8 million old mobile phones to be reused or recycled.

Envirofone – the trading name of Eazyfone Ltd also announced that the company has an ambitious expansion strategy planned for the next 12 months which may include recycling other devices such as Satellite Navigation Systems, digital cameras and mp3 players. This should allow Envirofone to significantly grow as the leading recycling brand for consumers and business partners.

The Macclesfield based company has also been named on the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list as the 5th fastest growing company in the UK.

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According to a recent poll carried out by mobile phone recycling company, Envirofone British people are find many original ways to reduce their environmental impact. Some of the most interesting include showering together in order to save water or using newspaper instead of wrapping paper for birthdays and Christmas.

According to the survey, 40% of 18 to 30 years old said they would happily share a shower to help save water and found this to be a very enjoyable way of being ‘green.’

Other alternative ways of people living a greener lifestyle were uncovered in the study including: turning underwear inside out to wear it for another day, using socks instead of washing hankies or using tissue, using old knickers as dusters, recycling old mobile phones, using newspaper instead of wrapping paper, sharing bath water for the whole family and peeing in the shower.

Envirofone is one of the UK’s biggest and most popular mobile recycling companies; they have paid out over £20 million to their customers and donated over £500,000 to charities.

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