Recycling Organisations
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These organisations welcome donations of items for recycling for good causes:
- Charity shops
- For clothing, books, audio/video, toys and other household items, find charity shops near you at https://charityretail.org.uk/find-a-shop
- Bicycles
- Large Oxfam shops may accept bicycles
- Re-cycle https://re-cycle.org/ who send second-hand bikes to Africa
- Computers
- Computeraid International https://www.computeraid.org/
- Donate a PC https://www.donateapc.org.uk/
- WEEE Charity https://www.weeecharity.com/index.php/what-we-take
- IT specialists in the Reuse Network
- Local Rotary groups may have a collection point
- Older Windows 10 computers can be upgraded to Google ChromeOS Flex see here or Linux
- Food
- Non-perishable: Give to Global Hand https://www.globalhand.org , who can also take goods as varied as relief supplies, vehicles, textbooks, construction equipment and boats.
- Perishable: use the Olio app https://olioapp.com/en/
- Furniture
- Reuse Network https://reuse-network.org.uk/donate-items/
- Medical equipment
- Mercy Ships https://www.mercyships.org.uk/
- Office equipment
- WEEE Charity https://www.weeecharity.com/index.php/what-we-take
- Sewing machines
- Tools for Self Reliance https://www.tfsr.org/
- Spectacles
- Many opticians run charity programmes with second-hand glasses.
- Tools
- Tools for Self Reliance https://www.tfsr.org/ welcomes tools for bicycle repairs, blacksmiths, carpenters, engineers, mechanics, and shoe repairs
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