Charity shops and recyclables

[Workingman]

Manxie, that sort of scheme is right up my street and I wish many other places did much the same.

There is a vast amount of reusable stuff simply being junked for the sake of it. It's criminal.... or should be.

[Kaz]

Manxie, what an excellent scheme!!!

Aggers, it's such a shame isn't it?

[saundra]

We've got that scheme at our recycle places it started this summer that's fine but if you've no transport
Or family to take it you are stuck have to pay council to take beds and stuff away unless the gypsies are in the area

[Osc]

We had the same thing when we were selling last year, in the end we asked the purchasers if they wanted various stuff and they were delighted. Turned out they were going to rent out the house so no wonder they were delighted. A lot went to Oxfam, slightly tattier sheets etc. went in the local recycling bin. I managed to sell some stuff too but that was hard work. When we first got our house, all our furniture was second hand and even our carpets, it has taken until we are in our 60s to get new stuff - although our couch and chairs came from my family home and have been covered and recovered, but they were and still are excellent quality.

[TheOstrich]

We've got that scheme at our recycle places it started this summer that's fine but if you've no transport
Or family to take it you are stuck have to pay council to take beds and stuff away unless the gypsies are in the area

Yes, we have a Recyclables shop next door to the Council tip, and we have donated smaller items like mugs, glasses, butter dish, even a TV table, but they don't do collections, like saundra says, and there was no way we were going to get that table (even dismantled!) into the back of our car. I think the Recyclables shop is an independent charity, though, and they sell the items on for a low price.

The "gypsies" - or "Men in White Pick-up Truck with Horn and Steptoe-and-Son Theme Played Through Loud Amplifier" to give them a better title - well, you don't see them round here anymore. I think the Council got tough and slapped a noise abatement order on them after loadsa complaints!

[tonicha]

For smaller stuff, we leave it by the big bin - some-one comes along rather quickly, normally. Sometimes it's the local gypsies, who''l try and sell it at the monthly flea market.

For bigger stuff, I just ring the local branch of our fire brigade. They'll take literally everything. And either sell it, renovate it and give it to those worse off than us or just give it those who really are in need of a fridge, cooker or even chair. This country does nothing for those who are really in need.