PRESS RELEASE
Today's Date: 12/03/2012 | Media Contact: Mike Bray, The Mersey Forest
Tel: 01925 859611 / 07770 735755 | mike.bray@merseyforest.org.uk
We can turn your scrap car into a tree!
The Mersey Forest is working with GiveACar, offering local families the opportunity to
dispose their old, unusable cars in a hassle-free way, while contributing to planting trees
in Merseyside and North Cheshire.
It is estimated that every year, 2 million cars come off the roads. If your vehicle is one of
these, it can be picked up for free at your own house and salvaged or scrapped in an
environmentally-friendly fashion, with 70% of proceeds going to help create local
woodlands to provide a greener, healthier local area for everyone.
Paul Nolan, Director of The Mersey Forest, said: “This is a great opportunity for people
to help improve their local environment in an easy and cost-free way. Through projects
like this, we are working to make Merseyside and North Cheshire one of the best places
in the country to live.”
To donate your unwanted car, lorry or motorbike, ring 020 0011 1664 or visit
www.merseyforest.org.uk/giveacar and fill out a simple online form and a collection
agent will call to arrange a convenient time for vehicle collection. Any vehicle, including
those that do not start, can be picked up and will be taken within seven days of your
initial inquiry, usually within three.
Depending on a vehicle’s state of repair, it will be either sold at auction or disposed of at
an Authorised Treatment Facility. GiveACar will then receive the payment and make
your donation to The Mersey Forest, both of whom will send you a receipt. Every car is
worth something, and every car makes a difference.
ENDS
Media contact: Mike Bray, tel. 01925 859 611 / 07770 735 755
Notes to editors:
The Mersey Forest
The Mersey Forest is a growing network of woodlands and green spaces spread across
Cheshire and Merseyside, which has been creating 'woodlands on your doorstep' for 20
years.
The Forest is one of the leading environmental regeneration initiatives in the North West.
Through community and partnership working, we have planted more than 8 million trees
- equivalent to five new trees for every person living within the Forest area.
The Forest helps our towns and cities adapt to climate change and has won the Brian
Redhead Award for Environmental Sustainability, creates woodlands that 20% of local
people visit at least once a week, and by improving the image of our towns and cities
sets the scene for growth within the region's £98 billion economy.
We achieve all of this and more through our partnership of local authorities, landowners,
the Forestry Commission, Natural England and businesses including United Utilities.
www.merseyforest.org.uk
About GiveACar:
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GiveACar was established in January 2010 as a non-profit social enterprise.
To date, GiveACar has raised more than £500,000 in donations.
Over 700 regional and national charities are affiliated with the scheme.
For further information about GiveACar, please email support@giveacar.co.uk, call the
office on 020 0011 1664 or visit www.giveacar.co.uk