DIRECTORY
If you have unwanted goods and you think somebody else could recycle or reuse them, then please follow one of the links below to find out who will accept your unwanted goods.
| By Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Charity Shops | Local reuse & recycling organisations | National Organisations |
DIRECTORY BY GOODS
| Appliances | |
|---|---|
| Warden Domestics Ltd | |
 | Unit 8, York Street, High Town, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0HA |
 | 01582 582601 |
 | 01582 723212 |
| Repairs of domestic appliances including all known makes of washing machines, tumble driers, dishwashers, fridges, freezers, fridge-freezers. | |
| NOAH Enterprise | |
| 54 Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JG |
| 01582 484001 |
 | www.noahenterprise.org |
| Furniture Link provides second-hand furniture, work experience and training opportunities | |
| Asbestos | |
|---|---|
| Luton Insulation Services | |
| 46 Windsor Walk, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 5DP |
| 01582 413203 |
| 01582 405192 |
| www.lutoninsulation.co.uk |
| Licensed thermal insulation and asbestos removal contractor. | |
| Neville T & E Ltd | |
| Marsh Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2RZ |
| 01582 490216 |
| 01582 490216 |
 | enquiries@nevilleconstruction.co.uk |
| www.nevilleconstruction.co.uk |
| Licensed asbestos removal and decontamination contractor. | |
| Bedding | |
|---|---|
| NOAH Enterprise | |
| 54 Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JG |
| 01582 484001 |
| www.noahenterprise.org |
| Furniture Link provides second-hand furniture, work experience and training opportunities | |
| Beverage Cartons | |
|---|---|
| Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) | |
| Churcham House, 1 Bridgeman Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 9AJ |
| 0208 977 6116 |
| 0208 977 6909/3122 |
| info@drinkscartons.com |
| www.drinkscartons.com |
| International coalition of ten manufacturers of paperboard and paper cartons who work together to promote consumer and environmental benefits of beverage cartons. People can phone for or download labels (go to www.drinkscartons.com/docs/recycling_uk.htm and click on 'download here') to return beverage cartons for recycling | |
| Business Waste | |
|---|---|
| Bedfordshire Materials Exchange | |
| Linden Consulting, Linden House, East Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1LR |
| 01799 524 328 |
| www.bedfordshire-waste-exchange.co.uk |
| Carpets / Rugs | |
|---|---|
| NOAH Enterprise | |
| 54 Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JG |
| 01582 484001 |
| www.noahenterprise.org |
| Furniture Link provides second-hand furniture, work experience and training opportunities | |
| Catering Equipment | |
|---|---|
| Dinaquip | |
| 2 Hewlett Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2RP |
| 01582 492259 |
| 01582 492259 |
| Dealer in new and used catering equipment | |
| Coat Hangers | |
|---|---|
| Take these to your local charity shop - see Charity Shops. |
| Compost | |
|---|---|
| British Trust for Conservation Volunteers Beds and Herts | |
| 1b Brereton Rd, Bedford |
| 01234 327 040 |
| b.nicholls@btcv.org.uk |
| www.btcv.org |
| Creating better environments where people feel valued, included and involved. | |
| Luton Borough Council | |
| Environment Resource Officer, Street Services Division, Central Depot, Kingsway, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8AU |
| 01582 510333 |
| www.getcomposting.com/luton |
| Call 0845 658 00 55 or order on line at www.getcomposting.com/luton to find out more about the compost bin promotion. | |
| Council | |
|---|---|
| Luton Borough Council | |
| Environment Resource Officer, Street Services Division, Central Depot, Kingsway, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8AU |
| 01582 510333 |
| www.luton.gov.uk |
| Call 0845 658 00 55 or order on line at www.getcomposting.com/luton to find out more about the compost bin promotion. | |
| Demolition Waste | |
|---|---|
| Freelance Environmental Services Ltd | |
| Unit 4, Hitchin Road, Industrial Estate, Oxen Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0DZ |
| 01582 652469 |
| freddanfreelance@aol.com |
| www.freelance-environmental.co.uk |
| Licensed demolition, encapsulation and asbestos removal contractor including domestic. | |
| Disco Equipment | |
|---|---|
| Luton Disco Centre | |
| 76 Hightown Road, Luton, Bedfordshire |
| 01582 651222 |
| Dealer in new and used disco equipment. | |
| DVDs / Videos/ CDs / Records | |
|---|---|
| Take these to your local charity shop - see Charity Shops. Or sell them on eBay. |
| Electronic Office Equipment | |
|---|---|
| Electroversal Ltd | |
| Units 3-10, Ribocon Way, Toddington Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 9UR |
| 01582 582023 |
| 01582 582087 |
| customerservice@electroversal.com |
| www.electroversal.com |
| Specialist in repair, service and remanufacture and recycling of electronic printed circuit boards, and complete office and telecommunications equipment, including PCs, copiers, faxes, printers, scanners, monitors, imaging, vending machines, medical equipment, leisure and mailing systems. | |
| Furniture | |
|---|---|
| NOAH Enterprise | |
| 54 Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JG |
| 01582 484001 |
| www.noahenterprise.org |
| Furniture Link provides second-hand furniture, work experience and training opportunities | |
| Green Waste | |
|---|---|
| Murtagh Demolition | |
| 16 Titan Court, Laporte Way, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8EF |
| 01582 480830/ 458056 |
| 01582 482688 |
| matt@mutagh.co.uk |
| www.murtagh.co.uk |
| Wood and green waste recycling using mobile tub grinder to produce mulch. Also demolition contractor, including asbestos removal and contaminated sites. Supplier of crushed concrete and reclaimed aggregate. Potential source of recycled aggregate. | |
| Roger Kilby, Landscape Contractor | |
| 2A Seymour Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3NL |
| 01582 452596 |
| 01582 452596 |
| Portable plant hire with operator if required, for tree and timber waste chipping up to 125 mm (5 inch) thickness. Clearance and site maintenance - industrial and commercial yard areas and open spaces. Wholesale supplier of woodchips. | |
| Hazardous, Paper, Pallets, tins, cardboard | |
|---|---|
| Firbank Chiltern | |
| Blackburn Road, Townsend Industrial Estate, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 5BQ |
| 01582 475500 / 476600 |
| 01582 664117 / 476990 |
| sales@firbanks.ltd.uk |
| www.firbanks.ltd.uk |
| Trading name of Dunstable Waste Group Ltd. Waste disposal and recycling company operating transfer station, container hire and bulk collections. Collects segregated cardboard and office waste paper, providing reduced disposal costs for most companies. Also recycles timber, pallets, cans, metals and plastics . Collects special wastes including chemicals, solvents, oils, medicines, liquids, aerosols. | |
| Jiffy Bags | |
|---|---|
| Reuse them again and again... |
| Jigsaw Puzzles | |
|---|---|
| Donate these to your local charity shop, see www.charityshops.org.uk to locate your nearest shop. |
| Junk Mail | |
|---|---|
| Mail Preference Sevice | |
| FREEPOST 29 LON 20771, London, W1E 0ZT |
| 08457 034599 |
| www.fpsonline.org.uk |
| Reduce your junk mail by calling the Mail Preference Sevice on 08457 034599, visit online www.fpsonline.org.uk or write to: Mailing Preference Service, FREEPOST 29 LON 20771, London, W1E 0ZT | |
| Kitchen Waste | |
|---|---|
| See Compost |
| Light Bulbs | |
|---|---|
| Buy low energy light bulbs. |
| Lino | |
|---|---|
| NOAH Enterprise | |
| 54 Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JG |
| 01582 484001 |
| www.noahenterprise.org |
| Furniture Link provides second-hand furniture, work experience and training opportunities | |
| Mobile Phones | |
|---|---|
| There are lots of ways to recycle your mobile phone. Either take them back to a mobile phone shop, or various charities will accept them, see Charity Shops in Luton for more details. | |
| Nappies | |
|---|---|
| Three Counties Nappy Service | |
| 14 Arrow Close, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3LR |
| 01582 650636/ 0870 1313608 |
| info@threecountiesnappies.co.uk |
| www.threecountiesnappies.co.uk/nappies/ |
| A forward looking non-profit organisation providing cost affective solutions to disposable nappies. | |
| Community Recycling Action Group | |
| 14 Arrow Close, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3LR |
| 01582 650636 |
| www.community-rag.co.uk |
| Collect office paper, runs a nappy service and other recyclables | |
| Organic Waste | |
|---|---|
| See Compost |
| Paper | |
|---|---|
| Keltonstone Recycling Ltd | |
| 673-675 Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0DS |
| 01582 572431 |
| 01582 572441 |
| customercare@keltonstone.co.uk |
| www.keltonstone.co.uk |
| Collects office paper and newspaper for recycling without charge (reasonable quantity) within south-east England. Also provides confidential shredding, and computer media destruction - tapes, disks, PCs. Office paper bins provided. Sack and seals if required for confidential documents. Makes dust-free bedding - about 4-5000 20k bales a month - for racehorses; and packaging from shredded paper. Horse bedding bales from £2.75 + VAT - free delivery for over 50 bales. | |
| James Allen & Son | |
| 32 Sunridge Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7JL |
| 01582 720316 |
| 01582 877161 |
| Waste paper merchant. Regular collection of waste office paper. Collection bags provided, and stands if required. Confidential shredding. Toner and inkjet cartridges collected for recycling. Archive clear-outs. | |
| Luton Friends of the Earth | |
| 99 Manton Drive, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7DL |
| 01582 724257 |
| doh@mcmail.com |
| Local campaigning group of Friends of the Earth. Bi-monthly collection of white office paper and computer paper for recycling in Luton and South Bedfordshire. Also maintains recycling directory www.recycle.mcmail.com | |
| Community Recycling Action Group | |
| 14 Arrow Close, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3LR |
| 01582 650636 |
| www.community-rag.co.uk |
| Collect office paper, runs a nappy service and other recyclables | |
| Pillows / Bedding | |
|---|---|
| NOAH Enterprise | |
| 54 Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JG |
| 01582 484001 |
| www.noahenterprise.org |
| Furniture Link provides second-hand furniture, work experience and training opportunities | |
| Printer Cartridges | |
|---|---|
| ActionAid | |
| Freepost SWB131, Bristol, BS1 2ZZ |
| Quilts | |
|---|---|
| Take these to your local charity shop - see Charity Shops |
| Records / Tapes | |
|---|---|
| Take these to your local charity shop - see Charity Shops |
| Shop Fittings | |
|---|---|
| Pennant Shop Equipment | |
| 8 Locarno Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 9EJ |
| 01582 576422 |
| 01582 581792 |
| pennant-pbm-ltd@btconnect.com |
| Shopfitting contractor. Purchaser of used equipment, particularly shelving, counter fittings, cash registers. | |
| Spectacles | |
|---|---|
| Dollond & Aitchison | |
| 116/118 Arndale Centre, Cheapside Mall, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 2TJ |
| 01582 728731 |
| www.danda.co.uk |
| How Help the Aged's World in Sight appeal works is that the spectacles you donate are sorted, cleaned and graded using computerised equipment. We then arrange for them to be delivered to ophthalmic clinics all over the world, where opticians match the spectacles to their own patients. Dollond & Aitchison act as collection points for them as well as Help the Aged shops. | |
| Help the Aged | |
| Little Bramingham Farm, Leamington Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3XF |
| 01582 582433 |
| www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| How Help the Aged's World in Sight appeal works is that the spectacles you donate are sorted, cleaned and graded using computerised equipment. We then arrange for them to be delivered to ophthalmic clinics all over the world, where opticians match the spectacles to their own patients. Dollond & Aitchison also act as collection points for them as well as Help the Aged shops. | |
| Textiles | |
|---|---|
| Take these to your local charity shop - see Charity Shops |
| Timber / Wood | |
|---|---|
| NOAH Enterprise | |
| 54 Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JG |
| 01582 484001 |
| www.noahenterprise.org |
| Furniture Link provides second-hand furniture, work experience and training opportunities | |
| Murtagh Demolition | |
| 16 Titan Court, Laporte Way, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8EF |
| 01582 480830/ 458056 |
| 01582 482688 |
| matt@mutagh.co.uk |
| www.murtagh.co.uk |
| Wood and green waste recycling using mobile tub grinder to produce mulch. Also demolition contractor, including asbestos removal and contaminated sites. Supplier of crushed concrete and reclaimed aggregate. Potential source of recycled aggregate. | |
| Roger Kilby, Landscape Contractor | |
| 2A Seymour Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3NL |
| 01582 452596 |
| 01582 452596 |
| Portable plant hire with operator if required, for tree and timber waste chipping up to 125 mm (5 inch) thickness. Clearance and site maintenance - industrial and commercial yard areas and open spaces. Wholesale supplier of woodchips. | |
| Toys and Games | |
|---|---|
| Take these to your local charity shop - see Charity Shops |
| Videos / DVDs | |
|---|---|
| Take these to your local charity shop - see Charity Shops |
| Various Items | |
|---|---|
| eBay | |
| www.ebay.co.uk |
| Launched in 1995, eBay brings together buyers and sellers across the world to buy the things they want and sell the things they don't. What started as a place to trade collectables and hard-to-find items has developed into a marketplace where you can find practically anything. From everyday items such as mobile phones, DVDs or DIY to clothing, collectables and even cars.Trading on eBay is easy and fun and you'll never know what you might find. | |
| Rag and Bone | |
| www.rag-and-bone.co.uk |
| Is the modern, economical and effortless way to give a new home to unwanted, but still usable, large household items. Everything listed here is free-of-charge when you collect it. | |
| Freecycle | |
| www.freecycle.org |
| Worldwide grassroots movement of local groups of people giving and receiving things free in their own towns. Provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to 'recycle' unwanted items. | |
| Free2Collect | |
| www.free2collect.co.uk |
| The name free2collect gives you a pretty good clue as to what this site is about. The aim is to create a collection of the nation's unwanted items, for others to browse and, if they are interested, obtain. | |
| Water Filters | |
|---|---|
| Brita | |
| Brita Recycling |
| 0844 742 4800 |
| www.brita.co.uk/recycle |
Here at BRITA we do take our responsibility to environmental issues very seriously and in line with growing consumer demand for greener living, BRITA has launched a new in store recycling scheme. Recycling bins are now situated in a range of high street stores such as Robert Dyas, Argos and Cargo. Other major retailer collection points will be following soon. Customers can recycle any BRITA consumer product filter cartridge, including those for the new BRITA water filter taps. For further information regarding this scheme please contact the BRITACare department on 0844 742 4800 or log onto our website at www.brita.co.uk/recycle. | |
