22Blue

I maintain the company’s twitter page and like to tweet technology news that I think others will find interesting, as well as tweets relating to 22 Blue. One of the tweets I posted a few weeks ago was a link to an article titled ‘Gadgets worth £762 million sent to landfill’.

In the current climate everyone is feeling the pressure financially and with the advances in recycling processes over the past few years I was really surprised by this story.  Figures show that over 17 million devices are sent straight to landfill without a second thought and these devices include mobile phones, sat navs and music players.

A lot of these devices contain harmful materials like lead yet it is not illegal to send the items on to a landfill. So why aren’t people taking advantages of these cash offers and recycling? I think that one of the reasons could be that these recycling services aren’t really advertised enough – I wasn’t aware that you could recycle a gadget and get cash for it (apart from mobile phones) until I read the article. If a gadget still works, someone may sell it on an auction site or maybe advertise it on a local ‘Freecycle’ site if they don’t want it anymore. For most people though, if an object is broken and it seems like it is going to be too much hassle to mend or isn’t really used then the first instinct is to chuck it in the bin or chuck it in a cupboard draw.

There are a number of companies out there that offer cash for these sort of devices – if they are in reasonable condition, these include Tesco, Boots and Royal Mail to name a few. According to O2 one in three adults who throw away one of these gadgets would have received £43.54 from a recycling centre.

Apparently recycling of gadgets is becoming more popular and well known and more companies will soon be offering cash in exchange for a gadget that is no longer used. Hopefully this will mean a lot less items going to landfill in the future, meaning less damage to the environment, more materials being re-used and a bit of extra cash for people during tough times!

Hi everyone, here is what has been happening at 22 Blue HQ…..

Yesterday was 22 Blue’s 2nd birthday and during our weekly afternoon team meeting, we celebrated the event with beers and cakes!

We are currently having some designs worked on for when we launch our new website – as well as some logos too – so keep your eyes peeled.

Everyone has been working hard on a range of projects, including a TV based video platform project and we have 3/4 projects really close to launch!

After the recent bad weather and the predicted 10cm of snow last night we were all grateful to see just a few centimetres of snow this morning and all made it in to the office without any problems.

Hope you have a great weekend!

Tash

p.s We still have some company brochures left, so if you would like one just email tash@22blue.co.uk

Happy New Year! We hope you had a good one.

Here’s a little round up of what’s been happening:

*The 22 Blue team has increased again and developer Jon started on the 3rd of Janaury (Check out our  Youtube channel: 22bluetv to see a little introduction from Jon)

New Developer Jon

*We decided to change the layout of the office for 2012 (with help from Paul’s wife Nikki) and lots of people have commented that it looks more spacious now and everyone seems to be happy with the new layout.

*Lots of new leads have been coming in and everyone is really busy –  so 2012  looks like it’s going to be a great year for 22 Blue.

*Managing Director Paul was really pleased to be featured in .NET magazine again!

*We are going to be creating a brand new 22 Blue website so keep an eye out.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Tash