- Produced by European Recycling Party
- Price free
- Get ready to recycle
- Bring along your unwanted, outdated gadgets
- Surf to Recycling Party
- See you at Punk
Draws full of old phones and unidentifiable electronic objects from the 90s?Bring them along to gain free entry to the Recycling Party, featuring guest DJs like Rob da Bank
Electrical waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the world and young people are particularly heavy on gadget use. ERP has recycled 1 million tonnes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) across Europe which is equal to the removal of 3.5 million cars from the road for 1 year. A quarter of a million tonnes of WEEE was collected from the UK alone. ERP is holding the Recycling Party to celebrate this achievement and to get the ‘Don’t bin it’ message across – your local authority will recycle WEEE for free.
ERP’s party opens at 8pm and features a special guest from the vibrant folktronica scene live on stage at 9.15pm, followed by brazen London trio Man Like Me at 11pm; inner-city themes and multi-generic electro/pop/grime singles including ‘Single Dad’ and ‘London Town’ have established MLM as one of the capital’s most compelling young live acts.
With Christmas coming up, what better time to be a clutter-buster and Feng Shui the WEEE? Only 20% ofsmall electricals are currently being recycled compared to 93 percent of fridges. The remaining 80% is not necessarily being binned, but the materials in electronic goods are valuable - 8 tonnes of gold, 65 tonnes of silver and 40,000 tonnes of copper have been recovered from the million tonnes of WEEE recycled by ERP. These can be used to make new products and presents: those Dad gadgets, toys and toothbrushes don’t necessarily have to cost the earth…