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Furniture & Non-electricals

These items are discarded from households and businesses everyday. But if reused or upcycled with care, many of these items can last for decades! 

To donate for reuse:

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British Heart Foundation

  • They do free collections. Check out the store in Mitcham. There are other stores nearby as well.

 

Dons Local Action Group

  • The local charity collect furniture for redistribution to those in need. Click here to visit their website.

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Bicycles

  • You can donate old bicycles to the Bike Project . They refurbish donated bikes and  give them to refugees and asylum seekers.

  • Check out Dr Bike to organize free bike checks for your group. Contact Merton council to see when the next session will be held locally.

 

Work & Play scrapstore

  • Carpets & offcuts - the carpet must be in a reasonable state

  • Cork 

  • Costume jewellry (even broken ones)

  • Ceramic tiles (small quantities) - these may also be accepted by reclaimed material vendors. Check out this directory's construction waste page.​

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Paint

 

Metal hangers

  • Return these to your local dry cleaners – confirm with them first.​

 

Cutlery

  • Any high street charity shop or via social media

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Old yoga mats

  • If you are looking for a new yoga mat, Evergreenyogi seem to accept your old ones to help others in need.

 

Tools

  • Workaid is a charity that collects unwanted tools and equipment from across the UK.

  • Charity shops (maybe not all, so worth checking). Even rusty ones - although you could try cleaning them up beforehand, e.g. with Coca cola) will be accepted by some charity shops .

 

Old nails

  • Local scrap yard.

 

Books

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Tennis balls

No directory in Merton (home to Wimbledon) is complete without a tennis mention!

  • You can donate them to local dog charity or send them to recycle tennis who will do that for you

  • Recycaball will buy used tennis balls that are in good condition for up to 20p will either re-pressurize them to give them a new lease of life, or pass them on to charities

 

To recycle:

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Pens (working & used)

  • Rymans - have a tub usually at the front of the shop where you can drop off (some maybe in conjunction with Terracycle).

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​Spectacles

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Brita water filter

  • At most Argos, Robert Dyas and Homebase provide boxes for the collection of used filters.​

 

Brands like Ikea have take back schemes.

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Dunelm now has a scheme called Pass it on where they collect preloved textiles, kitchenware & decor, electricals, furniture & mattresses to be re-used, donated or recycled into something new (scheme runs only in specific stores- check their website beforehand).

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Have you thought about borrowing books again from the local library like before instead of buying one?

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Check out preloved.co.uk for their huge selection of everyday preloved items

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Bee Creative Arts - local small business which can also do upcycling.

 

Daniel’s upholstery - get your furniture upholstered or re-upholstered locally. 

 

If you are looking for office furniture - Check out the local second hand office furniture store on Kingston road (no website).

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