Cork hospital porters raise thousands for charity with deposit return scheme

Cork hospital porters raise thousands for charity with deposit return scheme

Cork University Hospital porters John Collins, left, with John Keenan, centre, and John Lenihan pushing a haul of used bottles and cans from the hospital as they continue their fundraising effort for CUH Charity in August. File picture: Brian Lougheed.

More than €10,000 has been raised by three hospital porters at Cork University Hospital (CUH) by recycling empty bottles and cans.

Earlier in April, three friends working together at the hospital came up with the idea to collect the empty bottles and cans left behind on the grounds of CUH.

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