WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO RECYCLE UNWANTED RUGBY KIT !!!

WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO RECYCLE UNWANTED RUGBY KIT !!!

When YOU donate rugby kit to SOS IRB Kit Aid - not only are you helping youngsters to play a great sport for the first time BUT YOU ARE HELPING TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AT THE SAME TIME ! Every year in the UK over 1.5 million tonnes of textiles are thrown into scarce UK landfill sites - at current usage we have only 9 years of known UK landfill sites left. In addition textile production in the UK produces over 3 million tonnes of carbon !! PLUS the Govt target for recycling household waste is 40% by 2010 and with only one year to go we are only at 27% !! (Source DEFRA)

 In just eight years SOS has collected/recycled  nearly 50,000 tonnes of quality rugby kit - THINK of the carbon we have saved by new kit not having to be manufactured because our kit is being used in it's place ! SOS is A WIN/WIN/WIN/WIN/WIN/WIN situation:-

* SOS helps meet UK/EU Govt Recycling Targets

*SOS reduces pressure on scarce UK landfill sites

* SOS reduces carbon emissions because it replaces new kit

* SOS ensures kit is used to its maximum life

* SOS helps youngsters to play sport in poorer nations

* SOS brings youngsters together across political divides by bringing the kit donors in touch with the kit receptors.

PLUS the SOS model could be used in ALL other sports and in ALL other major, developed countries

GET ON THE CASE NOW AND GET YOUR SCHOOL/CLUB TO JOIN THE SOS GREEN SCHOOL RECYCLING SCHEME - CONTACT US VIA THIS WEBSITE !