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Wired Up
27 September, 2024
Have you got a hoard of unwanted, broken cables clogging up your drawers? Or ever just binned faulty chargers and electrical leads during a decluttering phase? The answer is most likely yes. So what’s the problem and what’s next?
The average UK home has five (only five?) unused cables gathering dust, and when they’re not in hiding, five million cables are binned every year. Cables contain one of earth’s precious and finite metals – copper: infinitely recyclable and can be done so over and over without losing any of its power. So, all old cables deserve a new lease of life.
Enter The Great Cable Challenge: a UK wide challenge to recycle one million cables in the run up to International E-Waste Day on the 14th of October. So, start sorting, bag up any old cables and head over to your local recycling centre to take part and save a whole load of copper from going to waste.
Find out where you can recycle here and join in on the action with your households and colleagues.