BISHOP Auckland shoppers are urged to keep an eye on the environment and help to raise money for charity.

Specsavers Opticians is asking people to recycle their mobile phone handsets by dropping them in at the Newgate Street store. For each phone recycled, Guide Dogs, Specsavers' official charity for 2004, will receive £3.50.

The store will give free eye tests to anyone who drops off a handset between Monday and Saturday, and the store will be visited by a pair of guide dogs and their handlers next Tuesday and Thursday.