Keep it Out!
In Shamley Green wouldn’t it be great if we could reduce the amount that potentially goes to landfill from our black bins, and try to make sure that more of it (our unwanted stuff, and difficult to recycle packaging) is reused or repurposed.
Here are some ideas about where some everyday items can go locally.
Just click on the picture and you will get more information (then click on the X and it will take you back to this selection page).
This is just a small selection of what is available and it is just suggestions. It does not include passing on things to friends and neighbours in Shamley Green or taking your reusable goods to charity shops. It definitely does not cover all the online options for finding people to give a second home to your unwanted stuff. Any comments or additions are welcome - we are likely to update from time to time
NB These are ideas for keeping things out of our black rubbish bins. It has nothing to do with our blue recycling bins which should be used for recycling paper, cardboard, glass, aluminium, metal and most plastic packaging (not soft)
In Waverley small unwanted electrical items, textiles and batteries can be put out next to your kerbside bins in plastic carrier bags and will be collected free of charge: but you have to arrange the collection with Biffa 01252 724157 or see https://www.biffa.co.uk/support-resources/faqs/bins-and-collections
Larger items can be taken to the Community Recycling but not in a van! and you also need proof of address in the County.
The Community Recycling Centres (CRCs) take everything from clothing and shoes, books, hard and soft toys, bric-a-brac, textiles, bedlinen and curtains, duvets and pillows, electrical, mobile phones, dvds, cds, console games, ink and toner cartridges, mattresses, old tech, wood, plastic, furniture, garden waste, cardboard and plastics, cartons, paint etc
Most of it can be REVIVED, repurposed, reused or broken back down to core components ready for remanufacturing.
The Waverley Borough CRC's are Cranleigh (Elmbridge Road) open on Saturday Sunday and Mondays) or Witley (Rake Lane) open Mon-Sat.
Charity shops also take unwanted goods - it is important for them to have items that they can sell on and which do not take up unnecessary space in their shops. Unsold poor quality items may end up being shipped abroad or in landfill (having been collected in exchange for a tiny payment).
