UK:50 EMPTY INKJET CARTRIDGES = 1 GOAT

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Fifty Empty Inkjet Cartridges = One Goat
Banff
Primary School near Aberdeen has discovered a brand new mathematical
equation simply by collecting up empty inkjet printer cartridges used
in the school’s 35 printers and returning them free of charge to
Environmental Business Products (EBP) in London where they will be
recycled. For every fifty cartridges received EBP donates enough money
to buy a goat for families in West Africa to provide milk, manure for
crops and help build up new livestock for impoverished farmers in the
region, recently devastated by drought and freak storms.The inkjet
cartridge recycling scheme at Banff Primary School is linked to
Northcliffe Electronic Publishing’s Beehive charity initiative ‘Get a
Goat for Africa’. Since March 2006, collectively the scheme has raised
enough to buy 40 goats and 10 chickens. But schools nationwide can
raise funds for over thirty different charities of their choice
including Save the Children, Tommy’s, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Whizz
Kids, Riding for the Disabled plus many more, at no cost to themselves,
not even the postage.Children from all the classes at Banff Primary
School helped collect, bag and send off the cartridges in special ‘Get
a Goat’ Freepost bags provided by Northcliffe and supplied by EBP. The
school is now planning to extend the scheme to the school’s parents,
their friends and local businesses. Ivy Barron, the school’s project
co-ordinator said, “As well as the Freepost bags, NEP sent us
photographs of the families with their goats. It was fascinating to
discover that something that is usually thrown away could be recycled,
and also have the potential to improve a family’s life so radically. It
is also a worthwhile and educational project which the children have
enjoyed’.Oxfam has distributed goats to Mauritanian farmers like Aiche
Mint Inmzine who lives in Aftout. “The goats (are) as a gift from the
sky. Giving animals to people like us is very important. It gave me
confidence and increased my family’s security. Two of the goats gave
birth so we have more animals and we had milk at a traditional time of
hardship”. Local veterinary assistants are also trained to look after
the animals in case they become ill.Environmental Business Products
also collects laser cartridges and unwanted mobile phones for
recycling. Simply contact Environmental Business Products Ltd. 214
Acton Lane, Park Royal, London, NW10 7NH, tel. 0208 838 6888 or email
angela.wiseman. The company’s web address is http://www.inkagain.co.uk for
further information on its charity projects and recycling facts.

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June 13, 2006 at 12:08 PM