Computer Equipment
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Used computer equipment can be donated
to The Leonard Cheshire Workability Project which
revamps the equipment for use by the disabled.
They aim to help 1000 disabled people each year.
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Contact
Details
To
donate old computer equipment contact Leonard
Cheshire refurbishing partner Real Data Services,
Romford Tel: 01708 704433.
For
more information on the project contact The
Leonard Cheshire Workability Inquiry Line on
0207 802 8283.
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Foreign Coins (&
notes)
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Foreign coins are normally of little
value to a holiday maker as they cannot be
exchanged for Sterling at UK banks. In some cases
the value of notes also makes it uneconomic to
exchange. A number of charities collect these
items and convert them in bulk.
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Contact
Details
The
following Charities/ organisations will accept
foreign currency for charity:
Oxfam - can be handed in at any
Oxfam shop
Cancer Research Campaign- can be
handed in at any Cancer Research Campaign
shop, or any branch of Boots the Chemist
or LloydsTSB.
Post Offices-Some post offices
collect currency for unicef.
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Mobile Phones &
Charges
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It is actually illegal to dump mobile
phones. However a number of Charities can make
use of them for recycling so why not hand them in
at the following shops .
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Contact
Details
Oxfam - can be handed in at any
shop
British Red Cross- can be handed
in at any shop
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Postcards (used)
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Some
Charities can make use of used postcards.
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Contact
Details
The following
charity can make use of these:
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Spectacles
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A number of charities operate schemes to re-use
old spectacles for use in developing countries.
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Contact
Details
The
following are some of the schemes available:
Vision Aid Overseas - Old
spectacles can be sent in a padded
envelope to: Vision Aid Overseas, 12 The
Bell Centre, Newton Road, Manor Royal,
Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9FZ or give
them to opticians who collect for them.
World Insight Appeal - Operated
by Help the Aged & Dollond
& Aitchison. Hand your old spectacles
into any Dollond & Aitchison branch
or send them to World Insight Appeal,
FREEPOST, Lon 131109, London, EC1B 1JY.
Oxfam - recycle old spectacles,
sunglasses and cases. You can hand them
in at any Oxfam Charity shop.
Lions clubs throughout the UK.
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Stairlifts
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Stairlifts
are very expensive items of equipment but a
neccessity for many people who have mobility
problems.
However these
items can now be recycled.
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Contact
Details
Nationwide
coverage
Best Prices for unwanted stairlifts
0800 085 8952
Stannah
Stairlifts, Freepost SA344, Andover,
Hants,SP10 3BR
0800 715 177 Ext 1343
Recycles old Stannah chairlifts
www.stannah.co.uk/stairlifts
Simply
Stairlifts,
Used stairlifts purchased
0800 316 0211
www.simplystairlifts.co.uk
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Stamps (Used)
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A number of
charities collect used postage stamps for resale.
These include:
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Contact
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Oxfam- can be
handed in at any Oxfam shop
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Textiles & Clothing
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Textiles are
collected by numerous organisations.
They are
recycled in the following ways:
Resold
for cash
Used by
those unable to provide for themselves
both in this country and abroad
Used for
industrial rags.
Used for
industrial purposes such as furniture
stuffing.
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Contact
Details
All the Charity
shops (see list of charity shops)
Salvation Army
Trading Company ltd
66-78 Denington Road, Denington Ind.
Estate, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 2QH
Tel 01933 441086
Fax 01933 445449
tai02@dial.pipex.com
SCOPE Tel: 020 8
680 1730
Textile Recycling
Association
P.O. Box 124, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE18 7DP
Contact: Peggie Watterson
TRAID (Textile
Recycling for Aid and International
Development)
Tel 020 8 896 2700
info@traid.org.uk
www.traid.org.uk
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Toner and inkjet
cartridges
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Empty laser toner cartridges and inkjets
from computer printers and fax machines are
collected free of charge and nationwide for the
benefit of charities, schools and firms by H.
Jackson of R & R Supplies Ltd.
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Contact
Details
H. Jackson, R & R Supplies
Ltd., Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
BIBIC - British Institute for
Brain Injured Children (charity to help
children with learning difficulties) They
receive up to £5 for each inkjet
cartridge. To donate cartridges tel:
01278 684060
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