Schools Programme
Options to recycle more at schools (outside of schools recycling contract)
The following links and contacts have been collected during our work with schools. This document is not intended to promote or endorse any of the organisations listed
below but hopefully can provide starting points and ideas for further collections of recyclable items. The majority are through charities but there are also some cash for
schools options for some items.
.
All of the information and contacts were correct at time of producing this list but to help us keep it up to date please email any new contacts or information to
recycleforhampshire@hants.gov.uk.
Item
Textiles
Company/Charity
Salvation Army
Hampshire Air
Ambulance
Contact
www.satradingco.org
Paul Ozanne on 0788 772 6410 or email
paul.ozanne@satradingco.org
http://www.bagitup.org.uk/schools.php
Call 01422 418 618 or email info@bagitup.org.uk
Breasttalk
www.breasttalk.co.uk
BreastTalk.co.uk — Bra Appeal
P.O. Box 71
Craven Arms
SY7 0WZ
ENGLAND
LMB – textile
recycling
http://www.lmb.co.uk/shoefriend.html
For more information phone the LMB Education team on
020 7474 2000 or email us at info@lmb-education.co.uk
Description
Click on the ‘clothing collection’ link on website, then follow the link
to schools and colleges. They can provide a wheelie bin for clothes
and textiles, and as far as this knowledge is correct possibly pay up
to £100 per tonne
Bag It Up has started a Schools Campaign to try to involve the
younger generation in our efforts to 'Recycle to Save Lives'. They
will also visit to do an assembly with Air Ambulance. They also
collect mobiles and printer cartridges.
The Bra Appeal donated bras to charities in the UK and overseas.
They will distribute them to various charities, and any useable bras
that are donated will go to help homeless and under privileged
women in the UK and overseas.
They can also make use of any damaged bras that you have. These
are recycled into quilts which are donated to homeless charities and
are also used by the emergency services to keep victims or people
suffering shock warm.
Shoe Friends – School shoes reuse programme. Collect shoes from
schools and provide a collection bin for the shoes. Also offer an
intro assembly activities and info pack. Shoes are taken to
developing countries.
Computers
and IT
equipment
Jamies Computer
Club, Southampton
Recycling for
Charities
IT Schools Africa
http://www.jamiescomputerclub.org.uk/home/home.php
Phone 023 8063 2198 or email
info@jamiescomputerclub.org.uk
http://www.recyclingforcharities.co.uk/
recycle@recyclingforcharities.org or call 01323 840641
http://www.itschoolsafrica.org
call 01242 228800
Computers for
African Schools
Computer Aid
International
http://www.cfas.org.uk/howtohelp.asp
Email info@itschoolsafrica.org or telephone 01242
228800
http://www.computeraid.org/donate.asp
Call 020 8361 5540 for more information
Furniture
Tools
Furniture Reuse
Network
Tools for Self
Reliance (TFSR)
Work Aid
http://www.frn.org.uk/directory/south_east.asp
www.tfsr.org
For more info call 023 8086 9697
http://www.workaid.org/wkaidop.html
For more info call 01494 775220 or email
admin@workaid.org
Tools with a Mission
http://www.twam.co.uk/home.html
For more info contact twamhq@twam.co.uk or call
01473 210220
A charity run by the Society of St James in Southampton to provide
training and employment opportunities to socially excluded adults
through computer refurbishment.
Countrywide collections available at cost for viable amounts of
equipment.
Accept PC’s less than 6 years old, monitors less than 10 years,
laptops, keyboards, mice, power leads and spare hard drives for
schools in Africa. For large collections (more than 10) can arrange
collection within 80miles of Cheltenham. Schools from further afield
who wish to donate could use a budget courier.
Accept PCs and peripherals for use in schools in Africa. They have
depots in Reading and Cheltenham.
Accepts PC, monitors, laptops and peripherals manufactured after
2002. The computers are then used in schools in developing
countries. Can also recycle printers for a charge (although these are
not reused like the PC’s)
Provides a list of local projects that provide furniture reuse schemes
for the community, giving furniture to families on low incomes
Based in Netley Marsh. Refurbishes craftsman’s, woodworking tools
and hand-operated sewing machines and sends them to Africa.
Collect donated tools and equipment. The items are refurbished,
then packed and shipped to approved projects, mostly in East
Africa. Take sewing machines, knitting machines, typewriters,
carpentry tools, electric hand tools with attachments, masonry tools,
upholstery/leather working tools, electrical plumbing tools, garden
tools and vehicle maintenance.
Send out tools and items to Africa, also build rainwater collectors.
For a list of accepted tools go to http://www.twam.co.uk/toolss.html
Batteries
Battery Back
The phone number for schools to call is:
084 4800 5671
Printer
cartridges
Guide Dogs
http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/helpus/fundraisingactivities
/recycle/
Help the Aged
Computer Aid
International
Money to Schools
For any further information call 0845 603 9779
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/engb/HowYouCanHelp/Recycling/SchoolsAndUniversities/
default.htm
For more information please call 020 7239 1869 or
email transform@helptheaged.org.uk
http://www.computeraid.org/donate.asp
Call Lara on 020 8361 5540 or email
lara@computeraid.org
http://www.moneytoschools.com/
Call 01372 751170 or email info@moneytoschools.com
R-ecyclers
Organisation
Mobile
phones
Guide Dogs
http://www.re-cyclers.com/book_a_collection.html
For more information call 0151 443 0077 or email
mike@re-cyclers.com
http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/helpus/fundraisingactivities
/recycle/
They will send out a couple of 5 litre containers (you pay for the
postage of about £5) and then collect them for free each time they
are full. I rang this company today and asked if they would do this
for schools and they said yes
Collect printer cartridges and mobile phones
Have a scheme for schools/colleges to recycle toner/printer
cartridges, mobile phones and foreign currency. Have an assembly
downloadable assembly plan on their website.
Collect printer cartridges and mobile phones to raise funds for their
charity. They can provide a collection box and free collections
Donate money to schools for collecting printer cartridges and
mobiles. Provide a freepost address to send them to. Need to
register with them to set up an account. Register at
http://www.moneytoschools.com/register.php
Pay schools for collections of printer cartridges. The price paid
depends on the current market price of cartridges but on average is
£3 per cartridge.
Printer cartridges, mobile phones etc.
For any further information call 0845 603 9779
Help the Aged
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/engb/HowYouCanHelp/Recycling/SchoolsAndUniversities/
default.htm
Have a scheme for schools/colleges to recycle toner/printer
cartridges, mobile phones and foreign currency. Have an assembly
downloadable assembly plan on their website.
Mobile
phones cont..
Phones for vans
Computer Aid
International
Sell your mobile
Spectacles
Vision Aid Overseas
For more information please call 020 7239 1869 or
email transform@helptheaged.org.uk
http://www.recyclingforcharities.co.uk/mobilephonerecyc
ling
Email mobiles@computersforcharities.org
http://www.computeraid.org/donate.asp
Call Lara on 020 8361 5540 or email
lara@computeraid.org
http://www.sellyourmobile.info/search/label/Comparison
s
http://www.vao.org.uk/spectacles/
To order info pack email info@vao.org.uk
Collecting old and broken mobile phones to convert into vehicles to
help orphanages in Eastern Europe. You can become a collecting
point – say they will provide posters and collection boxes
Collect mobile phones and printer cartridges to raise funds for their
charity. They can provide a collection box and free collections
If you would like to raise money for the school from recycling
mobiles, this website offers comparisons of a number of companies
offering cash for mobiles. Some of the companies offer the option of
donating part to charity.
Your glasses can be left at opticians throughout the country and they
will be sent to the developing world. You can donate them at any
branch of Vision Express, and many independant opticians.
Vision Aid also produces a school pack aimed at Year 2
Postage
stamps
RNIB
http://www.rnib.org.uk/getinvolved/fundraising/recycle/P
ages/recycle.aspx
If you have any questions, please email
rnibstamps@rnib.org.uk or contact the Fundraising
Enquiries Team on 0845 345 0054 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
To donate stamps please cut the stamp off the envelope – this
saves the sorting volunteers hours of work. Leave approximately
1cm of envelope bordering each stamp. Please separate the
stamps into:
1. British
2. Overseas
The value of a stamp does not matter, so 1p stamps can be
grouped together with £1 stamps.
Collected stamps should be sent to:
RNIB Stamp Recycling
PO Box 185
BENFLEET
SS7 9BH
Foreign
currency
Treasure hunt
– keys,
jewellery,
watches
Milk bottle
tops
Help the Aged
Guide Dogs
Gift of Sight/ The
Rose Road
Association via
Associated Polymer
Resources
Various charities via
G. H. S Recycling Ltd
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/engb/HowYouCanHelp/Recycling/SchoolsAndUniversities/
default.htm
Have a scheme for schools/colleges to recycle toner/printer
cartridges, mobile phones and foreign currency. . Have an
assembly downloadable assembly plan on their website.
For more information please call 020 7239 1869 or
email transform@helptheaged.org.uk
http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/helpus/fundraisingactivities
/recycle/recycletreasurehunt/
Collection including jewellery, watches, old keys (for metal content),
old coins (British or foreign), mobiles.
For any further information call 0845 603 9779
Associated Polymer Resources (APR) will receive the
tops at their depot at:
Unit 7, Wren Farm Industrial Estate
Castle Lane, North Baddesley
Southampton, SO52 9LY
(weekdays and on Saturday mornings from 9a.m.—12
noon). The contact numbers for APR are 07884220173
or 07795412662.
http://www.ghsrecyclingltd.co.uk/10444/info.php?p=7&p
no=0
Contact G H S Recycling on info@ghsrecyclingltd.co.uk
or call 02392 670399
Buttons
Gift of Sight
Please make contact with Angela Cree on 02380
777222 extension 8046 in the first instance.
Paint
Community re-paint
http://www.communityrepaint.org.uk/Trade_Retail.php
For more information contact
repaint@resourcefutures.co.uk or call 0113 200 3959
The tops are recycled into plastic wheelie bins, sign posts and even
plastic decking and the Company pays Gift of Sight for each tonne
of tops recycled. APR can also collect on behalf of other charities.
Collect and recycle milk bottle tops for the charity of your choice.
There is a minimum payment amount of 500 kg but we are happy to
collect (if you live in an area we collect from) or for you to deliver
smaller amounts and we will keep this on file and let you know every
2 months how your total is mounting up. We pay £25 for every 500
kg on a pro rata basis.
Tops must be clean. This means not only washed but free of any
paper or foil inserts or labels. Our granulated tops go to make hard
plastic toys for children, such as slides and other garden toys.
You can donate old buttons from hidden away button boxes to
Susan Symes, or to local jewellery maker, Debbie Cox. Button
necklaces are proving very popular and Debbie makes a donation to
Gift of Sight for each new supply of raw materials received.
Accepts certain types of paint, primarily from households however it
says on their website that if you’re a painter or decorator or business
and have unwanted surplus paint you would rather see reused to
contact them. This could also include schools.
Binoculars
RSPB
http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/green/donateoptics/in
dex.asp
Takes unwanted pairs of binoculars, telescopes, spotting scopes or
tripods that are in good working order, to put them to use in a
conservation or educational project somewhere in the world.
For more info contact binoenquiries@rspb.org.uk
Aluminium
foil
Phylis Tuckwell
Hospice, Fareham
Eastleigh's Queen
Elizabeth II Activities
Centre in Bursledon
Contact Elle Georgiou at Phylis Tuckwell on 01252
729433
http://www.alupro.org.uk/word%20docs/projects/Eastleig
h%20.htm
Send old binoculars in good working order to:RSPB second-hand binocular scheme
Unit 17
St Martins Business Centre
St Martins Way
Bedford MK42 OLF
Aluminium foil can be taken here for collection
The centre provides leisure opportunities for people with special
needs. In conjunction with Eastleigh Borough Council provide
Aluminium foil banks, befitting the centre can be found at:
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Churches Together,
Fareham
For further details please contact Fareham Community
Action on 01329 231899
Andover Day
Services
For further information please contact Magpie
Community Recycling on 01264 367 774 or
adsema@btconnect.com
Tesco, Bursledon Towers
Asda, Chandlers Ford
Eastleigh Borough Council, Civic Offices
Sainsbury’s/Marks & Spencer, Hedge End
Mortimer Road, Botley
Collect aluminium foil - funds raised support The Well, the Christian
café and bookshop. Drop off point at Fareham Community Action in
Osborn Road South. The scheme is supported by Fareham Borough
Council and Fareham Community Action.
Andover Day Services, which supports people with learning and
physical disabilities has created the Magpie Community Recycling
project who collect aluminium cans and foil to raise funds for their
project. This project is run in partnership with Andover Day Services
and Test Valley Borough Council. Magpie service the foil banks
situated below:
Tesco Express, Compton Square, Cricketers Way SP10
5DD
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Cash for cans
http://thinkcans.net/how-do-i-recycle/at-school
Andover Household Waste & Recycling Centre, Sherpherds
Spring Lane, Andover
George Yard car park, Eastern Road, Andover
Charlton Village, recycling area nr Salto Gym car park,
Charlton, Andover
Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road
Poplar Farm Inn Car Park
Pay cash for aluminium cans collected. Website provides
downloadable resources for teachers.
Contact at http://thinkcans.net/contact
Cash for can centres in Hampshire can be found at
http://www.alupro.org.uk/word%20docs/cashforcans/Hampshire.htm
Foil collection banks
For up to date information on aluminium foil and can
recycling in your area contact Alupro Information
Services helpline on 0845 7227722
Basingstoke foil bank locations can be found at:
http://www.alupro.org.uk/word%20docs/projects/Basingstoke.htm
Test Valley foil bank location can be found at:
http://www.alupro.org.uk/word%20docs/projects/Andover.htm