Renewal North West

Reducing carbon emissions with Wesley Downs from Renewal North West captured as part of the Zero Carbon Tour.

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by Wesley Downs from Renewal North West - Zero Carbon Tour interview

Renewal North West have recently started to run a project with Stockport Council. This is an operation called Community Computers, which is working with the council to help with digital inclusion. This benefits the environment greatly because it takes e-waste such as phones, tablets and computers etc to Renewal North West were they reuse, refurbish and destroy all the data on them. They can then make the items available to the local community who can access digital information in an easy and affordable way.

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