This latest initiative for the county’s “War on Waste Campaign” will involve the hearing aids being given to a member of staff at the two sites. They will be sent to Help the Aged for cleaning and testing by specially trained prisoners at HM Prison Erlestoke, Wiltshire before being sent to Help the Aged India. The hearing aids are then distributed to disadvantaged people with impaired hearing through a network of clinics and hospitals.
Kirsty Bareham, Kent county council’s recycling officer commented “Hearing aids are small but expensive items which people tend not to throw away – if you have any hearing aids you no longer use, please take them to your local site, and give someone a chance to hear”.
For more information, tel: the Kent County Council War on Waste Helpline, 01622 605977
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