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Furniture and unwanted household goods
Ottery St Mary
RIO (Recycling In Ottery)
Telephone: 01404 815825
A not-for-profit community organisation that can take your unwanted furniture, bric-a-brac and white goods - in fact most things that are in a good, clean and fully-working condition. May be able to collect.
Exeter
Telephone: 01392 202032
Exeter-based charitable organisation that collects good-quality donated furniture, electrical items and carpets to pass on to families and individuals on very low incomes.
Axminster
Trade and Donate Recycling Shop
Telephone: 01297 639988 or 01297 33075
Covers all of East Devon.
Honiton
Telephone: 01404 758082 or 07880 512 327
Covers most of East Devon.
Chard
Furnicare
Telephone: 01460 6822
Covers the east part of East Devon.
Online resources
Freecycle - post an advert with what you have and if someone else can make use of it you can arrange for them to collect it. It's all free!
Pinterest is a social media site that can give good ideas to reuse many different items.
Mobile phones
Envirofone recycle mobile phones and give you credit for a new phone.
CRUMP is a charity that recycles mobile phones. Freepost CRUMP, tel: 0800 0832103.
Wood
Men's shed is a charity that provide carpentry skills they may be interested in any leftover wood from DIY or gardening projects.
Bubble Wrap
Most charity shops would really appreciate any donations of bubble wrap for the many reusable products that they sell.
Clothes
Swishing
This involves swapping your unwanted clothes in exchange for other peoples. It's a great opportunity for you to get rid of all those clothes cluttering up your wardrobe whilst reinventing your style at the same time - they do say one persons trash is another persons treasure. More information can be found on the Recycle Devon Website.
Charity shops
Local charity shops can usually take donations of clothes. It may be worth checking before going along.
Clothes banks
Some charities provide clothes banks in public areas such as car parks.
Clothing (and textile) items that aren't good enough for charity shops can be placed in your weekly recycling box collection.
Bicycles
Ride-On Bicycles
Ride-On are a charitable organisation run by volunteers. They take donated bicycles, refurbish them and put them back to good use in the local community.
More information can be found on the Ride On Website.
Other ways to reuse
Schools, pre-schools and community groups:
May be in need of items such as yoghurt pots, unused paper and cardboard boxes. Please check with them first.
Shopping bags:
Reusable shopping bags save money and helps to save the environment.
Use your imagination:
You may be able to turn something you were going to throw out into something useful. An old jar can be decorated and turned into a money box, an old plastic milk bottle can be cut in half and used as a bag dispenser! The options are endless.