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Old computers bring new hope
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     To reduce the amount of electronic waste dumped at the city's landfills, the Environmental Protection Department launched the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, or WEEE, Recycling Programme to encourage schools and the community to donate used electrical and electronic equipment to non-governmental organisations.

     One of the organisations that accepts computer donations explained to news.gov.hk the process of repairing and recycling PCs and selling them to those in need, while a recipient of a second-hand notebook spoke about how the recycling programme has helped her family.

     The story appears on news.gov.hk today (January 25) in both text and video format.

Ends/Sunday, January 25, 2015
Issued at HKT 10:00

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