Save Money With A Fantastic New VOSCUR Service! – Give One In! Get One Back!

by julzswitch on March 13, 2008 · View Comments

Back in December you may have heard about the Voscur run ‘Give One In, Get One Back’ project.

Voscur, working with Byteback Computer recycling and Bristol Wireless, supported through the ICT Hubs’ Unmet Needs fund is running project to promote the recycling of old computer equipment and the re-use of machines. Those dumb boxes whose shelf lives have been extended through the use of volunteer computer maintenance and free software.
 

This project now has less than a month to run so if you are still undecided about what to do with your old equipment, there is still time. In the meantime they are evaluating the success of the project and how it was promoted, so it would be really useful to get your impressions of the service, even if you didn’t engage with any of the services on offer. Please go to the Survey below to complete a short questionnaire -www.survey.bris.ac.uk/voscur/giveoneinsurvey

If you forwarded the original publicity in your networks, please distribute this request too. To find our more about the project go to – www.voscur.org/giveonein

For further information please contact Sean Kenny, Development Worker (ICT), Voscur
Tel: 0117 909 9949  
NOTE: Voscur is a Council for Voluntary Service and a Development Agency for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector in Bristol.

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  • Hopefully the report and outcomes from the ICT Hub project may help in your work to lobby the council.
    Contact me or Voscur if you'd like to know more.
  • Stephen Hilton
    We have also been looking at the issue of computer recycling, and we are hopeful that the council will sign-up to an agreement to divert a significant number of its pc’s into community use as they become surplus to requirements. If the council shows leadership in this area, there is a lot of potential to encourage the universities, health authority and large employers to do the same. Nationally, we are also talking with Digital UK about options for diverting unwanted TV sets away from landfill. There is a risk that the number of TV’s and peripherals such as video recorders and cassettes that are being thrown away will increase massively as digital switchover happens. We need to do what we can to avoid a TV mountain.

    Stephen
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