Anglo Doorstep Collections and Exeter City Council have come together in a confirmed working partnership — and what that means for you, as a resident living in the city, is straightforward: Exeter City Council charity collections are available free of charge, directly from your doorstep, right now. No drop-off points, no fees, no fuss. Book a slot online, leave your reusable items outside on the day, and our driver takes care of everything else. It is one of the most practical ways Exeter City Council is helping residents act on reuse before disposal — and it costs you absolutely nothing.
Anglo Doorstep Collections serves households across the Exeter City Council area, including postcodes across EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4, EX5 and EX6. Whether you are in the city centre, on the outskirts or in one of the surrounding parishes that fall within Exeter City Council’s boundary, your address is included. If you are unsure whether your postcode qualifies, the booking form will confirm this at the point of entry — the process takes only a couple of minutes.
Within the waste hierarchy, reuse sits above recycling, recovery and disposal — because it preserves a product’s value without consuming new raw materials or additional energy. Exeter City Council’s partnership with Anglo Doorstep Collections gives that principle a real, practical outlet at household level. Rather than serviceable clothing, footwear, books or linen ending up in a bin or general waste stream, they are collected, routed into reuse markets and go on to generate income for charitable causes.
Exeter City Council is also strengthened in its ability to measure and report on local reuse performance. Anglo Doorstep Collections provides WasteDataFlow-ready reuse reporting, giving the council structured, accurate data to support:
Exeter City Council sits within a national network of more than 100 local authority partners — among them Somerset Council, Portsmouth City Council and Cambridge City Council — all working with Anglo Doorstep Collections to capture reuse at scale. That breadth of partnership means Exeter residents benefit from a service that is logistically mature, well-resourced and continuously improving.
Many residents start with a wardrobe clear-out — hoodies, cardigans, coats, suits, dresses, jeans and blouses are among the most frequently donated garments — but the service extends across eight main categories. The item boxes below set out those categories; a full supplementary list of additional accepted items appears automatically further down the page.
Tops, trousers, dresses, coats, suits, uniforms and more
Shoes, boots, trainers and sandals in reusable condition
Fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and paperbacks
Children’s toys and games in good, usable condition
Handbags, rucksacks, tote bags and holdalls
Belts, scarves, hats, ties and jewellery
Music CDs, DVDs and video games
Clean bed linen, towels and household textiles
As well as the items above, Exeter City Council residents can also donate:
The process has been kept deliberately simple so that nothing stands between you and donating. Here is how it runs from start to finish:
Convenience sits at the heart of it. Free doorstep donation collections in Exeter City Council remove the single biggest obstacle to donating: getting items to a charity shop or textile bank. There is no car journey required, no carrying bags down the high street, no hunting for a suitable drop-off point. A quick online booking and a single morning of your time is all it takes.
The wider impact matters too. Every item collected is directed into reuse markets rather than disposal — extending the life of products, generating funds for charitable causes and helping Exeter City Council demonstrate measurable progress against its reuse and circular economy targets. Residents who use the service regularly cite the following as their main reasons:
Anglo Doorstep Collections operates one of the UK’s largest household reuse collection networks. Annually, the service completes more than 500,000 household collections, rehomes over 12,000 tonnes of reusable goods, raises upwards of £460,000 for charitable causes and has contributed to the planting of more than 62,000 trees through environmental initiatives. Exeter City Council residents benefit directly from that infrastructure — the logistics, the reuse market connections, the environmental reporting and the driver network are all well established and proven at national scale.
Anglo Doorstep Collections works alongside more than 100 local authorities across the UK — from large metropolitan councils to smaller district authorities — to make choosing reuse over disposal as easy as possible for residents. Built around free, convenient doorstep access and measurable environmental impact, the service is available to every household in the Exeter City Council area as part of the confirmed partnership between Anglo Doorstep Collections and the council.
Exeter City Council residents can arrange a free doorstep charity collection today. Pack up unwanted clothing, shoes, books, bags, linen and more — our driver will collect from your door at no cost to you whatsoever.