Help from Home

home based microvolunteer actions that benefit so many worthy causes

CHANGE THE WORLD IN JUST YOUR PYJAMAS!

Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles

Ink cartridges and mobile phones are everywhere and so much of them get chucked away once the user has finished with them. Stop, don’t through them away. They can be used to raise funds for charities. All you have to do is request a Freepost envelope and pop it in the post at no cost to you. All of the organizations below offer this service, so there’s no excuse to chuck those ink cartridges and mobiles away now.

Call To Protect – Stopping Domestic Violence

Time taken:
Upto 10 minutes to print a pre-paid mailing label and prepare a package ready for posting
Impact:
Raises money for American organizations committed to helping survivors of domestic violence
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Green, Human Welfare, North America, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, Under 10 minutes, United States

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March of Dimes – Improving Babies Health

Time taken:
Upto 10 minutes to print a pre-paid mailing label and prepare a package ready for posting to a U.S. postal address
Impact:
Raises money to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles

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Wireless Fundraiser – Raising Money for Charity

Time taken:
Upto 10 minutes to print a pre-paid mailing label and prepare a package ready for posting to a U.S. postal address
Impact:
Raises money for a U.S. based charity of your choice
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Green, North America, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, Under 10 minutes, United States

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Fonebak – Helping Children’s Charities

Time taken:
Approximately 5 minutes to slip your phone into an envelope and write their Freepost address on it
Impact:
Contributes to making a positive change to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid to a UK postal address
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Europe, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, Under 5 minutes, United Kingdom

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Greensource – Raising Money for UK Charities

Time taken:
10 minutes to order Freepost envelopes and then bag up your donations, ready for posting
Impact:
Raises money for several UK based charities
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Europe, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, Under 10 minutes, United Kingdom

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Recycle 4 Charity

Time taken:
15 minutes to order freepost envelopes and subsequently fill it up with your donated items
Impact:
Raises money for several UK charities
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid to a UK postal address
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, Country, Europe, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, United Kingdom

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Each One Counts – Raising Money for Charities

Time taken:
15 minutes to order recycling bags and fill it up in readiness for posting
Impact:
Raises money for a UK charity of your choice
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid to a UK postal address
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Europe, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

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ShP Charity – Charity Fundraising

Time taken:
Upto 15 minutes to parcel up your donated items ready for posting
Impact:
Raises money for a UK charity of your choice
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, Country, Europe, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, United Kingdom

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RNIB – Raising Money for the Blind

Time taken:
Upto 10 minutes to pack your cartridges into a freely provided Freepost envelope, in readiness for posting
Impact:
Raises money for the UK based Royal National Institiute for the Blind
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, Country, Europe, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, United Kingdom

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Oxfam GB – Tackling Poverty

Time taken:
Upto 10 minutes to arrange for a Freepost address to send your used cartridges to
Impact:
Raises money to tackle poverty in over 70 countries worldwide
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid to a UK postal address
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Poverty, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles

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Guide Dogs – Helping the Visually Impaired

Time taken:
Around 15 minutes to request a Freepost envelope and subsequently tightly pack your cartridges into
Impact:
Reduces the need for more landfill sites, avoid the burning of rubbish, stop the draining of natural resources and raises money for the life-changing UK guide dog service.
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid to a UK postal address
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Europe, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

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911 Cell Phone Bank

Time taken:
5 minutes to print off a prepaid postage label and package up your cellphone. A little longer to pop it in the post
Impact:
Benefits victims or citizens in need of an emergency use cellphone
Cost:
Nothing, postage is pre-paid
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, Under 5 minutes

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Office Green

Time taken:
Under 5 minutes to package up cartridges, ready for collection in the UK
Impact:
Stops cartridges going to landfill sites and promotes a recycling ethos
Cost:
Nothing, if you fulfil their 'free collection' criteria
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles

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Reuze – Used Cartridge Recycling List

Time taken:
A couple of minutes to browse through list of UK organisations that accept used cartridges and mobiles
Impact:
Helping to be kind to the environment by recycling used cartridges and mobiles
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles

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Age UK – Mobile Phone Recycling

Time taken:
A couple of minutes to package up your phone or cartridge
Impact:
Helps older people in the UK, reduces landfill, preserves resources
Cost:
Free if you contact them to arrange a free collection, so long as you fulfil certian criteria on make and quantity
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, Country, Europe, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Recycle, Recycle Printer Cartridges & Mobiles, United Kingdom

Find out more about Age UK – Mobile Phone Recycling