How To Recycle Common Household Items?

You may not know, but you are able to recycle a lot more household items than you may have thought. However, it can be confusing to know what can be recycled and where, especially since each item often has its own specific recycling method. Many of these items can even be recycled from home, without you having to take them anywhere! Read on to discover how you can recycle those items that have been sitting in your garage gathering dust!

Anglo Doorstep Collections is able to collect many small household items directly from your front door, free of charge. While we are not able to collect some larger or bulky items, there are still ways that they can be recycled responsibly. We rehome all the items that we collect from you, so we ask that the items we collect are in full working order, and in good condition.

How To Recycle Clothes?

Everybody can stand to part with a good chunk of their wardrobe every so often. The most space can be found in your wardrobe after it has had a good clear out. Anglo Doorstep Collections can collect clothes from your front doorstep for free. We rehome all of our clothes donations, so we ask for the clothes to be be in in good condition, without any holes or stains.

If you have some clothes that are not in good enough condition to be reused by someone else, there are other ways to recycle your clothes for them to be turned into new garments too. Many Dunelm stores have clothes recycling drop offs where you can give rags and poor condition clothes to be recycled.

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Recycling Your Old CDs & DVDs…

CDs and DVDs tend to gather dust nowadays, especially now that digital streaming is the new norm for listening to your favourite songs or indulging in the latest series. Your CDs and DVDs can easily be recycled through Anglo Doorstep Collections. We will collect them straight from your front door at a day that suits you.

We rehome what we can, with around 25% of the CDs and DVDs we collect going to homes that will reuse them. The rest will get responsibly recycled, ensuring that all the materials that make them up are separated and reused for many different purposes.

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How To Recycle Your Small Electricals & Appliances?

We collect small electricals and appliances

Electricals and Appliances can be tricky to recycle, especially as its seems that each electrical has their own way of being recycled responsibly. More often than not, these electricals can be more simply reused by someone else as a means of recycling them. Anglo Doorstep Collections does exactly this. We collect small electricals such as kettles, toasters, hair dryers, and speakers, to redistribute them to homes across the world that are in need of these essential items.

As we aim to rehome your unwanted electricals, we are not able to collect any broken or damaged ones, unfortunately. However, you are still likely able to recycle your broken electricals. The Recycle Now website will show you how you can recycle your unwanted electricals and appliances in your postcode area.

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Phones, Laptops, & Computers…

Tech such as phones, laptops, and Computers are constantly being developed and upgraded. This means that we can often end up with old devices taking up space in drawers never to be used again. Sometimes it feels like these items are too valuable to throw away. At Anglo Doorstep Collections, we will rehome your unwanted and outdated devices to those who cannot afford to buy these vital tools brand new. The proceeds from your donated technology will go to a charity of your choice, helping to support some fantastic causes. To read more about our partner charities, click here.

You can also sell you old tech with refurbishing companies, or sometimes from the company they came from. This is a good way to earn a little extra cash for your unwanted technology. However, as the items will often need refurbishing, or used for parts, they may not sell for as much as you would like them to. Donating these items to raise money for charity can be more impactful and can help reduce the emissions produced when manufacturing new technological products.

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How to Recycle Games Consoles & Accessories?

We collect game consoles and accessories

Anglo Doorstep Collections is the perfect solution for clearing out any game consoles, remotes, video games and other gaming accessories. We can collect these items directly from your front door for free, and we donate the proceeds made from them to a charity of your choice. We ask that all of these items are in working condition for us to collect them. Here are some of the items we can collect:

Wii, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch etc.
Wii remotes, PlayStation/Xbox controllers
Video game discs
Headphones & microphones

If you have any broken or damaged consoles, many local authorities can still collect this with your regular recycling bin items. You can check if your local council can recycle these items on the Recycle Now page by entering your postcode and the item you want to recycle.

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Reuse and Recycle Your Unwanted Books…

If you or someone you know is an avid reader, then you know how much books can accumulate in your shelf space! Recycling books is a great sustainable solution to ensure that paper can be reused. This helps to reduce deforestation and preserve many vital eco-systems around the world.

Anglo Doorstep Collections is able to collect any fiction and non-fiction books you have in good condition. This includes: novels, cook books, biographies, academic textbooks, hardback/paperback books, instructional books/manuals, children/baby books. We donate a portion of the books we receive to the Children’s Book Project, for these books to be reused in schools, prisons, and other community spaces.

For books that are in poor condition, and need to be pulped and recycled, the Recycle Now website can inform you how to recycle them in your area.

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Where to Recycle Unused or Partially Used Toiletries…

Many Toiletries can end up sitting in bathroom cupboards and shelves being unused for weeks. Sometimes you may buy something that does not work for you or that you may just find that you do not have the need for anymore. At Anglo Doorstep Collections, we collect toiletries that are over 50% full for free right from your doorstep.

If you have any toiletries that are less than 50% full or are expired, it is best to wash them out and recycle them based on your local authority recycling guidelines.

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How to Recycle Mattresses & Bedding?

Unfortunately, Anglo Doorstep Collections is not able to collect any mattresses, duvets or pillows. However, we are still able to collect clean bedsheets, duvet covers, pillowcases, and towels. We donate some of these items to the Battersea Dogs and Cats home to be used as cosy pet bedding!

One of the best places to recycle your pillows and duvets is the Dunelm take-back recycling scheme. You can drop off your clean duvets and pillows at one of their drop-offs for them to recycle their materials.

Mattresses will often have to be taken to a local recycling centre for them to be responsibly recycled and reused. You can check where the nearest recycling point is to you on the Recycle Now website.

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The Benefits of Recycling and Reusing…

Choosing to recycle your unwanted household items has great benefits for our environment. At Anglo Doorstep Collections, we find the value in the items that you no longer use. Here are some of the ways that your donated items can have a positive impact:

Reducing Emissions

By reusing your household items, it extends their product life and contributes to something called the circular economy. The circular economy is when a products life does not end when you are done with it, but instead is put back into use by reusing or recycling its materials. This lowers the need for new products needing to be manufactured in factories, which produce many harmful emissions. In one year, your kind donations helped Anglo Doorstep Collections to save almost 100,000 tonnes of CO2 entering our atmosphere!

Saving Water

Household items that are made of cotton materials such as clothes or shoes require huge amounts of cotton farming. These cotton plants require vast amounts of water to grow, with each plant needing approximately 38 litres of water each (Farm & Animals, 2023). Clothes are often thrown away, when they can still be reused. By rehoming all the clothes that we receive at Anglo Doorstep Collections, we have been able to save approximately 37 billion litres of water in just one year!

Raising Money for Charity

We distribute your donations to various places across the world that are in need of affordable and accessible household items. Afterwards, the proceeds that are made from your donations are contributed to a charity of your choice. All of our charities are based in the UK and support causes that are close to home. So far, we have been able to raise over £400,000 for charity! Here are our main charity partners that you can select to support:

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