As in past years, we’ve again saved a tonne (literally) of items from landfill, and many high-quality items have gone on to find new homes.

This year’s collection was held on Sunday 19th November, and we thank everyone who contributed as well as the people who helped sort it all out.

The items we collected are listed below, and all have now been passed on organisations for reuse, repurposing or recycling.

We can’t promise we’ll run this event next year, and in any case November 2024 is a long way away, so if you want to dispose of ‘stuff’ in a more environmentally-friendly way than sending it to landfill, see the reuse-repurpose-recycle page on our website.


Here is the list of things we collected for reuse, repurposing or recycling:

  • Batteries
  • Bicycles in reasonable condition (i.e. not much rust!) – adult, BMX and children’s bikes 24″ or larger
  • Books – Children’s books – good quality books suitable for 2-12 year olds, both fiction and non-fiction 
    – Adult books in good condition (NOT ex-library)
  • Clothing in good condition, especially men’s, sleepwear,  shoes & socks (clean/near new), backpacks, handbags, shoes
  • Other clothing
  • Computers & IT equipment, power supplies & cables, printers, laptops, notebooks, monitors & screens (CRT, LCD & LED), keyboards, tablets, game consoles, electronic toys…
  • VCR, DVD & CD players, ipods
  • DVDs, CDs, VHS, cassette tapes & cases, floppy disks, printer cartridges, toner bottles
  • Digital cameras, video cameras
  • Fabric (pieces A4 or larger) 
  • Glasses (for distance & reading)
  • Guitars (any condition)
  • Hearing aids
  • Light globes – incandescent, compact fluorescent, downlight & fluorescent tubes
  • Mobile phones, batteries, chargers & accessories as well as home phones, even rotary dial desk landlines
  • Reusable shopping bags
  • Sports equipment (including sports shoes) in good condition – cricket, tennis (racquets and balls), soccer, rugby, volleyball, badminton.
  • Toiletries or essentials (unopened) that anyone in need may require
  • Towels, blankets, flat sheets, pillowcases, pet accessories [NOT pillows or cushions]
  • Typewriters
  • Used stamps (from envelopes or stamp collections)
  • X-rays

We arranged for these items to be reused, repurposed or recycled! Find out how for these items and more.

Select the following link to download a list of the above items.