Newcastle United partner with council for electrical cable recycling challenge
Fans attending Saturday's match against Brighton at St James' Park are encouraged to bring old cables to a collection point
by Owen Younger · ChronicleLiveNewcastle United have partnered with Newcastle City Council as part of a nationwide electrical cable recycling challenge.
Fans attending Saturday's match against Brighton at St James' Park are encouraged to bring old cables to a collection point, located behind the temporary club shop on Strawberry Place.
This initiative forms part of Recycle Week 2024, with NUFC supporters being set the challenge of donating enough unwanted cables to wrap around the perimeter of their beloved pitch.
New research commissioned by Recycle Your Electricals found that over a third of UK homes hold on to electricals because they don't know how to dispose of them properly. This challenge aims to give a second life to the materials contained in cables, such as copper, which can be recycled into items such as wind turbines, mobile phones, laptops, tablets and smart watches.
Coun Irim Ali, a Cabinet Member at Newcastle City Council, said: "We are committed to making it easier for residents to recycle goods to help protect the environment and create a greener and more sustainable city, however we are seeing more and more small electrical items being thrown away.
"Some people don’t realise that the devices contain valuable materials which can be recycled, so we are encouraging everyone to use recycling week as a chance to check their homes for any items that could be recycled."
Helen Hughes, Sustainability Manager at Newcastle United, added: "Teamwork is the key to success both on and off the pitch, so we encourage supporters to unite as we set out to achieve our target for The Great Cable Challenge.
"As even the smallest of steps can lead to significant progress, we’re proud to support an initiative which will help our community to enhance their sustainability practice."
There are a number of pop-up recycling events taking place in Newcastle throughout the week of October 14 to 19, with the full list of locations as follows:
- City Library
- Jesmond Library
- West End Library
- Gosforth Library
- NUFC Foundation
- West end Women and Girls Centre
- Blakelaw Centre
- Lemington Centre
- East End Pool
- Gosforth Pool
- Walker Activity Dome
- Newcastle Trampoline Park
- West Denton Leisure Centre
- Civic Centre
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