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Orient Express Competition Winner

judith — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:14:12 +0000

Our Orient Express Facebook Competition Winner, Mr Stephen Oliver, has been in touch to let us know what a fantastic time was had when they enjoyed their prize.

Stephen says:

“What an experience so many thanks. We had service we thought had been forgotten, we really felt the staff helped make it one of our most unforgettable experiences.

The food was superb. Five courses all fantastic AND A CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION wow.

One of the managers sent a picture email for us. That was service.”

It’s great to know that Stephen and Stewart enjoyed their prize so much and its lovely to see you on board!

Wish you were there?

Well you could be! All you need to do is enter our competition on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/emptiesplease/app_143103275748075 and it could be you.

You’ve got to be in it to win it! Good luck.

Our Next PTA+ Advert

judith — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:36:18 +0000

Here’s a sneak preview of our next advert in the PTA+ magazine

Testimonial from Darton Primary School PTFA

judith — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:02:49 +0000

Recycling is important to us at our school and we have several recycling schemes that children/parents are keen to support. The most successful one is ‘Empties Please’ where we have raised £174.50 with our first bin within school. A few parents have also helped us to add to that total by signing up the company they work for which so far as raised £146.25, giving an amazing total of £320.75. We are delighted with this success, simply by recycling ink cartridges that people would just throw away, with a strong and clear message to all our children/parents of the importance and benefits of recycling.
Everyone within school has really embraced this scheme with many children coming and asking for more recycling bags. Several classes have run various topics emphasizing the importance of recycling all our waste, teaching children how waste can be remanufactured and converted into new materials, cutting down the waste which is sent to landfill. Our children are very keen to play their part in protecting the environment and we all enjoy the benefits of being able to raise money for school too.
‘Empties Please’ provide everything you need to run this successful and vital recycling scheme and your school can play a part in protecting our environment with the added benefit of raising much needed funds for school too. It’s so easy, just give it a go!
Thank you Empties Please, we look forward to continuing with this project for many more years!

Christine Sowerby
PTFA Chairperson

Re-drawn Orient Express Competition

judith — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:55:14 +0000

We unfortunately never heard from our original competition winner so have redrawn it.

We are pleased to announce that Mr Stephen Oliver is the new winner of the Orient Express Competition that was run on our Facebook page.

Congratulations Mr Oliver!

Keep an eye on our Facebook page for any new competitions that you can enter.

Empties Please Scheme Well Received

judith — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:49:44 +0000

Many thanks to Kate from Horniman Primary School PTA for letting us know how well received setting up your Empties Please scheme has been. That’s great news!

It’s wonderful to get feedback from you, thank you.

If you have any feedback please do not hesitate to let us know as we like to here from you.

You can get in touch with us in a number of ways:

Ring us on 0844 879 7179
Send us an email at info@emptiesplease.com
Message us through Facebook www.facebook.com/emptiesplease
Or Tweet us via our Twitter https://twitter.com/emptiesplease

Orient Express Facebook Competition

judith — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:23:18 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Mr K Mcdonald is the winner of the Orient Express Competition that was run on our Facebook page.

Congratulations Mr Mcdonald!

Keep an eye on our Facebook page for any new competitions that you can enter.

Important Changes to our Recycling Scheme

judith — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:37:22 +0000

From 1st September 2012 Empties Please is no longer able to accept laser toner cartridges in its recycling scheme.

We hope you can understand that whilst we are dedicated to helping accounts recycle & raise funds for their chosen cause, if we are unable to recycle your product we are duty bound to dispose of it responsibly, which unfortunately incurs a cost to the business.
Toner cartridges are made up in a different way to ink cartridges and can include many more intricate parts that can be damaged in use and during transit, thus preventing us from being able to recycle the product.

We do recycle as many returned products as we are able to, but due to on-going changes in product contents and to maintain compliant with current legislation, from time to time we are required to review the composition of products that we can recycle. This sometimes results in an increase or decrease in the type of product that we can accept for recycling.

We do actively encourage people of all ages to recycle as many ink cartridges as possible. The whole ethos around the Empties Please process is in the recycling, refilling and reuse of used printer cartridges. This recycling process helps to minimise the impact of these products to landfill.

We do accept a wide range of cartridges, however due to certain restrictions there are unfortunately some brands of cartridges that we are unable to recycle. These are Epson and Brother ink cartridges or ANY toner cartridge. This is due to us not being able to recycle them within our facility at this time, we are however continuously looking for other recycling avenues to further extend our product range.

Empties Please prides itself on its environmental credentials and does not send any cartridge that we are unable to recycle to landfill. There are associated costs involved in this recycling process which are absorbed by the Empties Please business.

Who pick’s up your full recycle bin?

judith — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:56:33 +0000

Please note that from Monday 2nd July 2012, Empties Please will be using City Link to pick up your full recycle bins when you request a collection. To do this you can either complete our collection request form on our website www.emptiesplease.com/recycle-bin-collection-request/, email info@emptiesplease.com or ring us on 0844 879 7179.

Empties Please will only collect your recycle bin of empty cartridges if you ask us to. Please don’t give your recycle bin to anyone turning up asking to collect it, if you haven’t arranged a collection with us directly.

If it’s not City Link that turn up or you’re not sure, please do not hesitate to give us a ring on 0844 879 7179 to check.

We cant pay you if we don’t collect your bin, sorry.

Thank you

A Barking Mad Good Time!

judith — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:10:13 +0000

Look what fun was had with the empty cartridges that were unable to be recycled!

Scout Community Week

judith — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:03:59 +0000

This week is Scout Community Week and all Scouts are being encouraged to do projects that help their local communities.

Why not run a scheme to collect empty ink and toner cartridges in your area? Your efforts will help to reduce the amount that are sent to landfill. Every year more than 40 million cartridges are dumped and take 1000 years to decompose. By collecting them and sending them to us at Empties Please, we will pay your Scout group for the ones that we can recycle.

As well as helping you achieve your aim of doing your bit to help your local community, they also get greener and you can raise funds for your Scout Group too.

Carry on the scouting tradition of helping others by letting them know how they can help you too.