At least 200,000 tonnes of electrical goods are thrown away by businesses annually. And yet up to 10 million adults in the UK are digitally excluded and 7% of households have no home internet access.
- More than 200,000 tonnes of electrical goods are thrown away by businesses annually.
- Vodafone calls on businesses across the UK to donate unwanted devices to its Great British Tech Appeal.
- Up to 10 million adults in the UK are digitally excluded and 7% of households have no home internet access, according to Ofcom, up from 6% previously.
- Donations will be redistributed by Vodafone’s partners Good Things Foundation, the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, and Barnardo’s.
- Initiative is part of Vodafone’s everyone.connected campaign, which aims to help four million people cross the digital divide by 2025.
Vodafone has today launched a drive for more businesses to donate their unwanted devices to its Great British Tech Appeal, to help close the digital divide and promote a more circular economy.
Along with Good Things Foundation and their tech refurbishing partner Reconome, The Great British Tech Appeal is a Vodafone initiative that collects unwanted devices, securely refurbishes and reboxes them, adds connectivity and sends them to digitally excluded people, at no cost.
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