Local communities from nine countries spanning five continents, joined Sims Recycling Solutions to celebrate Earth Day, by taking part in the world’s first ever international e-waste collection event..
Joining the one billion people around the globe already taking part in Earth Day activities, over 2000 people participated. They cleared unwanted or broken items of electrical and electronic equipment out of their sheds, lofts, cupboards and garages and brought them along to Sims’ electronics recycling facilities, to be responsibly recycled, completely free of charge.
The events took place over Earth Day weekend at the company’s electronics waste recycling facilities in the UK, North America, Austria, Belgium, Germany, India, the Netherlands, South Africa and Sweden with a total of 225.4 tonnes of e-waste collected and diverted from landfill.
The purpose of the Earth Day collection events was to promote awareness of the need to recycle redundant electrical and electronic equipment. 
In the UK, four events were held with one attended by Chris Heaton-Harris, Conservative MP for Daventry. A survey was also carried out to assess levels of awareness of e-waste recycling in the area.
More information: www.simsrecycling.com