Crawley is a town built around movement and connection — home to Gatwick Airport and a network of distinct neighbourhoods stretching from Three Bridges to Pound Hill. For residents living right across this area, We Have Partnered with Crawley Borough Council charity collections are already active and completely free to use. Anglo Doorstep Collections holds a confirmed working partnership with Crawley Borough Council, which means every household in the borough can arrange a doorstep pick-up of unwanted reusable items — clothing, books, footwear, kitchenware and more — without paying a penny or leaving home.
The process has been kept deliberately simple so that any resident across Crawley can use it without fuss. Here is exactly how a collection unfolds from your perspective:
Anglo Doorstep Collections accepts a wide range of reusable household items as part of our doorstep donation collections in Crawley Borough Council. The eight categories below cover the core items our drivers collect. A fuller list of additional accepted items is shown further down this page.
Tops, shirts, trousers, hoodies, cardigans, suits, uniforms and more
Shoes, boots, trainers and sandals in wearable condition
Novels, children’s books, reference titles and paperbacks
Outgrown or unwanted toys and packaged games
Handbags, rucksacks, tote bags and holdalls
Belts, scarves, hats, ties and jewellery
Music CDs, DVDs and video games in cases
Clean bed linen, towels and similar household textiles
As well as the items above, We Have Partnered with Crawley Borough Council residents can also donate:
Within the waste hierarchy, reuse sits above recycling — because extending the life of an item avoids the energy and resources needed to process or replace it. Crawley Borough Council’s support for this service reflects a commitment to reducing waste, improving reuse rates and engaging residents in responsible consumption at a practical, household level.
By directing unwanted but still-usable items away from disposal routes, residents across Crawley are contributing to circular economy objectives that benefit the whole community. Cardigans, sweaters, children’s books, kitchenware, footwear — every item collected is one that does not end up as waste.
Anglo Doorstep Collections is one of the UK’s largest household reuse collection networks. Nationally, the service carries out over 500,000 household collections every year, rehousing more than 12,000 tonnes of goods, raising over £460,000 for charitable causes and supporting the planting of more than 62,000 trees through environmental initiatives.
Crawley Borough Council is part of a growing network of over 100 local authority partnerships — including councils such as Horsham District Council, Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Guildford Borough Council — all working with Anglo Doorstep Collections to improve household reuse performance across their areas. For residents of Crawley, that national infrastructure means a reliable, professionally operated service is available right on your doorstep.
Anglo Doorstep Collections provides Crawley Borough Council with WasteDataFlow-ready reuse reporting, giving the council clear, accurate data on the reuse activity taking place within the local authority area. This reporting underpins:
Transparent data is central to our partnership with Crawley Borough Council, ensuring that every tonne diverted from disposal is properly recorded and attributed.
Anglo Doorstep Collections operates one of the UK’s most established household reuse collection networks, partnering with local authorities to deliver free, doorstep-level collection services for residents. Our mission is straightforward: keep reusable goods in circulation, support charitable causes and provide councils with the reuse data they need to meet environmental reporting obligations.
Our confirmed partnership with Crawley Borough Council means this service is active, reliable and available to every household in the borough today. Residents across Crawley can book with confidence, knowing collections are professionally managed and that their unwanted items will be put to good use.
Anglo Doorstep Collections and Crawley Borough Council have made free doorstep charity collections available to every household across the borough. Pack up your unwanted clothing, footwear, books, toys and more — then book online and leave the rest to us.