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Scope, which has shops in Fakenham, Norwich and Great Yarmouth, wants people to start 2010 by donating their old mobile phones to the charity.
Scope receives a cash donation for every phone donated and all phones handed into the charity's shops between Friday, January 8 and Friday, January 15 will go towards Scope's aim to break the world record for collecting the largest number of used mobile phones in one week.
The current Guinness World Record for collecting the greatest number of used mobile phones donated in one week is 952, and it is estimated that there are more than 1,100,000 old handsets gathering dust in cupboards and drawers in the Norfolk area alone.
Jaron Chamberlain, area manager for Scope, said: “We are calling on people to dig out their old phones - and help us ring in the changes for Scope's work with disabled people. Don't put recycling on hold and dump your phone, donate it to Scope instead. Every phone counts and will bring us a step closer to achieving a new world record breaker.”
Scope receives £3 for every mobile phone handed in regardless of its age or condition, and its recycling partner Redeem Plc then sells the phones on for second hand use, often in developing countries where landline infrastructure is poor. Phones which are unable to be resold are recycled.
Scope's Norfolk charity shops include ones in: Millars Walk, Fakenham; Sovereign Way, Norwich; and Theatre Plain, Great Yarmouth.
