Charity handed £22,000 worth of free computer and mobile phone tech

The Turing Trust has received a donation of £22,000 worth of IT equipment, including computers, monitors, mobile phones and tablets.

The recycled equipment is to be used by more than 2,000 students to help improve their IT skills and has been handed to the charity from recycling firm Reconomy.

Reconomy has been partnered with the Turing Trust since 2019 but says this latest IT gift is its largest ever in-kind donation of equipment to a charity. It estimates it will offsett 31 tonnes of CO2 emissions, which is the equivalent of planting 78 trees or offsetting the annual carbon footprint of three people.

“Generous donations from our partners are the lifeblood of our efforts to improve the education of children across the world,” said Turing Trust donations manager Samuel Trench.

“This IT equipment not only means we can support more children but also delivers on our environmental pledges too.”

💡 50% of a computer's lifecycle fossil fuels are consumed during the manufacturing process

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Reconomy head of group sustainability Diane Crowe added: “We’re delighted to donate equipment that was no longer in use to the Turing Trust so that thousands more children will benefit from the opportunity to learn vital IT skills that are so crucial to their learning and development.

“Minimising waste is a core component to the Circular Economy and the positive environmental impact from this donation is evidence of why this transition is so important.”