Get rid of your old stuff on Freecycle / Ebay
Brilliant website - if you have something that isn't worth selling, but is still usable - offer it on Freecycle instead of taking it to the tip. If someone else wants it, they can come and get it. The best part is that you don't have to shift it, if they can pick it up. Freecycle's goal is to keep useable items out of landfill.
Main Link: http://www.freecycle.org/group/United%20Kingdom - look in East Midlands for yours
Or Ebay: If it doesn't go on Freecycle, put it on Ebay with a 'Buy it Now' of £1 or similar - something like a wardrobe will get to a much wider audience
Video-1: This one is American but gives the best overview - it all applies in the UK as well:
Video-2: (..Londoners throw away enough garbage every hour to fill an olympic size swimming pool and 10% of that is electrical)
Beeston Freecycle: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beeston_freecycle/
List of East Midlands groups: Goto Link...
Freecycle on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/freecycle - but use the website for actual freecycling
Other Links:
Notts County Council - Furniture and Appliance Re-use: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/environment/recycling/furnitureandappliancereuse.htm includes list of charities who accept furniture
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