Useful websites

ActionAid Recycling collect ink and toner cartridges, mobile phones and PDAs for recycling to raise funds for the charity ActionAid.

This organisation is dedicated to supporting charities that run shops as part of their fundraising activities. You can find a directory of charity shops on their website.

BookHopper is the free book swapping community that lets you trade in your old books for other people's books.

Computer Aid takes donations of used IT equipment from businesses, for re-use in schools and community organisations in the developing world.

Here you will find lots of items that people are willing to give away for free, instead of taking them to a local landfill site.

The Freecycle Network is a nonprofit organisation, with about 3 million members, interested in keeping good stuff out of landfills.

The Mailing Preference Service (MPS) is a free service set up 20 years ago and funded by the direct mail industry to enable consumers to have their names and home addresses in the UK removed from or added to lists used by the industry.

You can find details of special offers, local retailers and nappy laundry services on this site.

This website aims to show you that you can recycle more than you think and give you all the information you need to recycle more.

Transform your garden with a low cost compost bin from Recycle Now.

If you have goods you want or do not want, then you can advertise them for free on Reuze.

The Positive Network is an information exchange service dedicated to promoting and encouraging Earth care and people care practices.

The waste online website provides information on sustainability, resource use and waste issues. It is an online document library holding documents from a range of organisations.

Emmaus has charity shops that accept unwanted furniture, household goods, books, CDs and china and will collect larger items for free.

Voluntary group based in Lewisham that helps local homeless, low-income and disadvantaged people. It collects unwanted items and delivers them for free to people who need them.

Charity that sells on donated furnishings and reconditioned white goods at affordable prices to social groups. It also offers discounts and low APR loans in partnership with Lewisham Plus Credit Union.