Christmas Is Coming – Time To Recycle Your Old Clothes And Toys

With Christmas only a short time away, now is the perfect time to get rid of your old clothes, toys and other items you no longer need. This year, instead of just chucking them into the bin, have you thought about recycling them so that these unwanted items can either be reused or made into something new?

Every year in the UK, millions of tons worth of what most people think of rubbish is added to our overgrowing landfills, with space rapidly running out and landfills becoming filled literally to the max. When we actually look at the items that are thrown away, we can see that a large majority of this so called rubbish can actually be recycled, not only saving the planet but also helping to save the country from becoming overly wasteful.

Christmas sees many new things come into our lives, with clothes, toys, watches, jewellery and kitchen products all popular Christmas presents, either to replace a similar product that has worn out or maybe just an upgrade, like a TV of games console. If the old products that you no longer want end up in the bin, then it can mean unnecessary waste going into these landfills, when most of the time these discarded items could either be re-used or made into something else.

If you get a new games console for example this Christmas, you do not need to just chuck the old one into the bin. There are many options including:

• Passing the item down to a family member or close friend
• Selling the item on Ebay or other auction sites if its still useable
• Giving it away to a charity or local organisation who might make use of it
• Taking it to your local recycling area where they can use the parts or other aspects of your unwanted product to make other things

There we have four options which all mean your old product will not end up in a landfill and you can use your shiny new item with the sense of satisfaction that you have not added to the countries landfill issue and you might have made someone else very, very happy at the same time.

Although most charities will not accept electrical items or things of a similar nature, they will always want old clothes, books and children’s toys that can simply be cleaned up and sold on. The money they raise can help the charity survive and also give the gift of something new to a family who might not be able to afford a brand new item.

So, this Christmas, try to recycle instead of just throwing it into the bin.

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