Give your electronic devices a new life
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Enter your postcode and we will see if there is an e-waste race in your area. If so, enter your details and indicate which devices are to be collected from your home. Is there not (yet) a competition in your neighbourhood? Then we will give you an overview to help you find a sustainable destination for your used electronical device(s).
You specify one or more pickup times at which the students can collect your electronical appliance from the specified address.
Your device will be collected from your home at the time of your choice. You will receive confirmation from the student that your device will be collected. Your address details will only then be visible to the participating student.
What is the E-waste Race?
Teaching children to recycle
his makes climate and environmental education fun: in the E-Waste Race, schools collect electronic waste from the neighbourhood. And that's where you come in. Old mobile phones, DVD players, toasters, alarm clocks, useless cables - what else do you have lying around?
Simply register what you have to hand in and the children will collect it. In doing so, they actively engage with recycling and its impact on people and the environment - accompanied by appropriate lessons. In this way, ecological awareness and sustainable behaviour are promoted.
The most diligent collector wins a great school trip! You can help with this: Have a look at what you have lying around and enter what you can collect now!
Why e-waste recycling is important
In the UK, we generate around 1.6 million tonnes of electronic waste every year, that’s roughly 23 kg per person. Sadly, a lot of these old phones, laptops, and gadgets end up forgotten in drawers, stored in garages, or even thrown out with household rubbish. This means valuable materials like gold, copper, and rare metals are lost, instead of being recovered and reused.
At a time when the demand for raw materials is increasing and the environmental cost of mining is rising, tackling electronic waste is more important than ever. By improving recycling systems and raising awareness, we can move towards a circular economy, one where yesterday’s devices become tomorrow’s resources.
Together with our partners and participating schools, we’re helping make that change. During a typical four-week collection campaign, schools gather an average of 15,000 kilograms of electronic waste, all of which is responsibly recycled. It’s a small step towards a cleaner environment - and a big win for the planet.
Sustainable impact
Thanks to cooperation with the municipality and local waste processors, electronic waste is recycled in a professional manner. In the Netherlands, over 3 million devices have already been collected in ten years, equivalent to a saving of 3.4 million kilograms of CO2!
A study by Eindhoven University of Technology has shown: the E-Waste Race contributes to a lasting behavioural change that continues even after the project. The study also shows that children are the biggest influencing factor on parents' sustainable behaviour. The researchers call this the ‘Greta effect’.
The project was developed and is being implemented with the Sustainable Development Goals developed in 2010 in mind. Three of the 17 goals have our main focus; (4) Quality Education, (12) Responsible Consumption & Production and (13) Climate Action.
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Register your school to Join the E-waste Race this April - June
Register by 4th March by emailing sami@solutionsfortheplanet.co.uk