Recycle your tech and get free entry to PK Porthcurno

»»PK Porthcurno and Vodafone have joined forces to offer free entry to Cornwall’s own museum of telecommunications.

The museum is currently showing ‘Going Mobile’, an exhibition delivered in partnership with the Mobile Phone Museum and sponsored by Vodafone, which explores the journey of the everyday communication device from an exclusive status symbol, used mainly for voice calls, to a minicomputer that fits into a pocket.

It includes more than 70 phones and other objects selected from the Mobile Phone Museum’s collection of more than 2,700 devices, which range from the earliest ‘bricks’ of the 1980s, flip phones, sliders and clamshells to the latest smartphones.

This is the first time the phones have been on public display as a collection.

To gain free access, customers simply need to donate an old smartphone or tablet through the Great British Tech Appeal and show their confirmation email at the museum’s reception desk.

The deal was announced on Monday as part of Earth Day, which encourages people to take action for a healthier planet and a brighter future.

Every device which is donated is either cleaned up, reboxed and given to someone in need – along with six months of free data, calls or texts – or recycled, both of which reduce waste.

Julia Twomlow, chief executive and creative director of PK Porthcurno, said: “We are delighted to partner with Vodafone and offer free museum entry to those donating their old phones and tablets. Going Mobile tells the fascinating history of the mobile phone but also raises awareness of the environmental impacts of ever-evolving mobile technology.”

The offer of free entry runs until September 30.