RECYCLING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO CHARITIES LOCATED IN ISLINGTON
Drafted by Clare Matheson, Project Officer, Islington Chamber of Commerce
If any charities in the borough need more specific advice after the end of the project on 31st March feel free to pass on my non-Chamber details as I may be
able to help (I have assisted a number of charities free of charge over the past 8 years and I’m happy to continue doing so – charities need all the help they
can get, especially in this current economic climate)
Clare Matheson
Waste & Recycling Consultant
32 Ickburgh Road
London, E5 8AD
Mob: 0784 779 5879
Email: clare@ukbusinessrecycling.com
ARTS & CRAFT MATERIALS
Waste material type
Art & craft materials including
coloured paper, ribbon, paint,
stationery etc.
Recycling service
provider
Children’s SCRAP
Project
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.childrensscrap.co.uk
Tel: 020 8985 6290
Email: childrensscrap@btconnect.com
Usually a free collection for good quality items
Recycling service
provider
Book Aid
International
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.bookaid.org
Tel: 020 7326 5822
Email: rosa.anderson@bookaid.org
Contact name: Rosa Anderson
Book Trade Development Manager
Postage and packing paid for by you.
Recycling service
provider
Community Heart
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.community-heart.org.uk
Tel: 0161 254 7505 / 07876 561 643
Email: info@community-heart.org.uk
Contact name: Isobel McVicar
Postage and packing paid for by you.
Recycling service
provider
BatteryBack PLC
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.batteryback.org
Tel: 0844 800 5671
You need to buy one of their containers but from
there on in the collection service is free for weights
BOOKS
Waste material type
New books only e.g. surplus stock.
Please note, they do not accept 2nd
hand books.
Waste material type
Children’s books.
Accept children’s books only. New
or second hand books in good
condition.
BATTERIES
Waste material type
Household batteries
Email: enquiries@batteryback.org
over 50kg’s (50kg’s equates to a full 60 litre container)
£10 + VAT for 2 x 5 litre containers (table top)
£50 + VAT for a 60 litre container (freestanding)
CHARITY COLLECTION SERVICE (FREE)
Waste material type
Cartons (tetra paks)
Household plastic packaging bottles and packaging containers
Recycling service
provider
Islington Council
Contact details
Additional information
Contact within Islington Council for this
is Anna Burns.
Email: Anna.Burns@islington.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7527 5167
Free collection for registered charities.
Recycling service
provider
Clothes Aid
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.clothesaid.co.uk
Tel: 08450 722 780
FREE collection
Cardboard - boxes, corrugated
card and greetings cards
Glass - jars and bottles of all
colours
Metal tins, cans and packaging food and drink cans, empty aerosol
cans, aluminium foil
Paper - newspapers, magazines,
catalogues, yellow pages, junk mail
and envelopes
CLOTHING / TEXTILES
Waste material type
Textiles/clothing/shoes/
bedding and pillows
Waste material type
Textiles/clothing/shoes/
curtains/duvets/sheets
Waste material type
Textiles/clothing/shoes/linens
Email: info@clothesaid.co.uk
They are not able to collect clothing and shoes in poor
condition.
Recycling service
provider
LMB Supplies
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.lmb-supplies.co.uk
Tel: 0207 476 6888
Email: sales@lmb-supplies.co.uk
FREE collection
Recycling service
provider
TRAID
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.traid.org.uk
Tel: 020 8733 2580
Email: info@traid.org.uk
FREE to put a clothing donation bank outside your
office building or to have an internal wheelie bank for
staff/company only use.
Address:
TRAID, 5 Second Way, Wembley
Middlesex , HA9 0YJ
Large donations bank (1.9m x 1.5m)
Small clothes bank (1.5m x 1.25m)
Contact details
Additional information
Website:
www.islington.gov.uk/brightsparks
FREE to drop off your items at one of their donation
points or at their shop.
COMPUTERS / ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
Waste material type
Computers/ small electrical
equipment
Recycling service
provider
Bright Sparks
Tel: 020 7561 5515
Email: shop@brightsparksonline.com
If you need your items to be collected there is usually
a cost related to this.
Shop address:
Bright Sparks Shop, 225-229 Seven Sisters Road,
Finsbury Park, N4 2DA (Open Tuesday to Saturday
12.30pm – 5.30pm, Thursday 12.30pm – 7.00pm)
Other donation point addresses can be found on their
website.
Waste material type
Computers/ IT equipment
Recycling service
provider
Computer Aid
International
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.computeraid.org
Tel: 020 8361 5540 to arrange a
Free delivery of items meeting their specifications to
10 Brunswick Industrial Park, Brunswick Way,
London, N11 1JL.
drop off of equipment.
Email: sion@computeraid.org
To have items collected (up to 10 monitors and 10
base units) there is a charge of £40 + VAT.
Charges for other electrical items available on request.
FURNITURE
Waste material type
Office furniture
Recycling service
provider
Andrews Office
Furniture
Contact details
Additional information
Website:
www.andrewsofficefurniture.com
They buy quality, unbroken furniture.
Tel: 0800 413 704
Email:
sales@andrewsofficefurniture.com
Waste material type
Furniture (excluding office
furniture but including sofas)
Recycling service
provider
British Heart
Foundation furniture
& electrical shops
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.bhf.org.uk
Tel: 0844 248 9103
FREE collection (excl office furniture). Free collection
of decent quality sofas and chairs
Recycling service
provider
Ryness Electrical
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.ryness.co.uk
Tel: 0845 630 3035
Email: warehouse@ryness.co.uk
(email for questions or to arrange a
collection)
FREE collection for customers
LIGHT BULBS / FLUORESCENT TUBES
Waste material type
Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
Please note: You must purchase your light bulbs
through them in order to get this free service.
Islington shop address:
13-17 Baron Street, London, N1 9HP
Waste material type
Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
Recycling service
provider
City Electrical Factors
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.cef.co.uk
Tel: 020 7359 7255
Email: sales.highbury@cef.co.uk
Contact name: Piers
FREE collection for customers
Prices for non-customers are as follows:
40p per lamp regardless of size and type
Highbury Branch address:
Units 1 & 2, Frogmore Estate, Kelvin
Road, London, N5 2PL
Waste material type
Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
Recycling service
provider
Newey & Eyre
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.neweyandeyre.co.uk
Tel: 0207 253 6162 (number for Lever
Street shop)
Email: Contact form on their website.
FREE collection for large volume customers
(minimum sized container is 0.8m x 1.0m x 1.2m and
contains approximately 1200 compact lamps)
They charge for the 8ft extendable pipes.
Nearest shop address:
13-19 Lever Street, London, EC1V 3QU
Please note: You must purchase your light bulbs
through them in order to receive this free service.
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.frponline.org.uk
Tel: 020 8539 9076
Email: info@frponline.org.uk
Contact name: Tina
Different options available depending on whether you
want to drop the paint off to their site in Waltham
Forest, have it collected by them (£1 donation per
litre) or have a yearly membership with them. Contact
them to discuss your requirements.
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.k2supplies.com
FREE collection
PAINT
Waste material type
Paint
Recycling service
provider
Forest Recycling
Project
(A not-for-profit
social enterprise)
TONER/PRINTER CARTRIDGES
Waste material type
Toner/printer cartridges (Excludes
Recycling service
provider
ERS Europe Ltd t/a
Epson cartridges)
K2 Supplies
Tel: 01372 751 172
Email: charity@k2supplies.com
You need a minimum quantity of 15 items before
requesting a collection and these must be packed into
a cardboard box.
Freepost envelopes are available for less than 15
inkjets.
Waste material type
Toner/printer cartridges (Excludes
Epson cartridges and some larger
cartridges)
Recycling service
provider
Recycling Appeal
(Redeem Plc)
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.recyclingappeal.com
Tel: 08451 30 20 10
Email: info@recyclingappeal.com
FREE collection
You need a minimum quantity of 10 items before
requesting a collection. Freepost envelopes are
available for less than 10 inkjets or mobile phones
Full details and a list of the cartridges they are able to
accept available on their website.
Waste material type
HP printer cartridges – take back
service operated by Hewlett
Packard
Recycling service
provider
Hewlett Packard
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.hp.com/recycle
Tel: 0845 6014751
Email: available via they website
Most HP cartridges can be recycled using HP's
freepost returns label programme.
To order new labels you can:
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go to www.hp.com/recycle
select country
select business type and click ‘I want to
participate’
click on print label
choose printer type (inkjet or laserjet) register
an account (or sign in if you are already
registered) enter product number (or example
given if you do not know the product number
or if your one is showing as invalid)
click finish
click print label (also gives the option of saving
the document)
or contact them by email or on 0845 6014751
providing the amount of labels required and product
code of the cartridge
USED VEGETABLE OIL
Waste material type
Used vegetable oil
Waste material type
Recycling service
provider
Proper Oils
Contact details
Additional information
Website: www.properoils.co.uk
Tel: 0845 470 80 91
Email: info@properoils.co.uk
Free collection
Recycling service
provider
Contact details
Additional information
Used vegetable oil
Pure Fuels Ltd
Website: www.purefuels.co.uk
Tel: 020 8803 8716
Email: info@purefuels.co.uk
Free collection
Please note that the information on recycling companies and services provided above should be used for reference purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation or offer of any
of the services and/or goods. For full pricing, terms and conditions of each service listed above please contact the relevant recycling company. Information correct June 2010.
Clare Matheson
Project Officer
Business Waste Recycling
Islington Chamber of Commerce