Wasteful Brits are throwing away a staggering £6 billion a year by junking unwanted gadgets, a study has found.
Only 20% of all electrical items are recycled, leaving the average person £90 out of pocket.
Research found people in the UK throw away more than a million tonnes of electrical goods every year, most of which ends up in landfill, damaging the environment.
The average recycled gadget is worth £30, while most of us have three unwanted electrical items, most commonly mobile phones, laptops and digital cameras.
The study was carried out for www.weeebuy.co.uk - the UK’s first recycling website to offer cash for all types of electrical waste.
Co-founder Chris Rogerson said: "We've launched this site to combat electrical waste and reward consumers for being green.
"In most circumstances, old electronics have a financial value and it’s up to us to help people extract that.
"Not only does recycling electrical gadgets, line your pockets, it also helps the environment by saving as much as 200,000 tonnes of waste from landfill."
The site, which aims to reward customers with more than £10 million in its first year, has teamed up with the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conservation charity.
For every electrical product recycled, weeebuy.co.uk will plant a tree by making a donation of 25p to the Woodland Trust's 'More Trees, More Good' campaign, which aims to plant 20 million native trees in the Uk every year for the next 50 years.
Post a comment