Contacts for Reducing and Recycling

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In addition to the recycling facilities provided by the Royal Borough of Kingston, here is a list other facilities for reusing and recycling materials in the Kingston area.

These are listed in alphabetical order for different materials.

All Items

Need a new home for anything from a PC, bike, chair, and many other items? Send an email offering it to your Freecycle group.

If you're looking to get something for yourself, reply to another member's offer and they might choose you as their item’s new owner. You can also post wanted adverts for things you need.

All you have to do then is arrange a time and place for collection – it’s that simple!

Visit the Kingston Freecycle Group website at http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle-kingston for more information.

Batteries (household)

Duracell – 0800 716 434
Post batteries to:
Energizer Ltd
Recycling
Freepost LOL2311
Dunstable
Bedfordshire LU5 4YY

Cartons

Visit www.drinkscartons.com to find out how you can post cartons back to this recycling facility for reprocessing. Some Sainsbury’s Recycling Centres also take cartons.

Charity Shops

Please donate books, clothing, shoes, and any unwanted bric-a-brack to charity shops in your area. Charity shops are located on most high streets.

Books can also be donated to all Kingston Borough libraries and Oxfam.

Christmas Cards

Tesco (New Malden) or WH Smith Bookstore (The Bentall Centre, Kingston Town Centre).

Computers

(Also See Printer Cartridges)

New Leaf (also sell recycled cartridges) - 020 8944 6866

Help the Aged -- Recycle cartridges and raise money for charity. For more information visit www.helptheaged.org.uk

Cooking Oil Tips

Please do not put waste cooking oil down the drain.

You can mop up extra oil / fat with bread and put it out for the birds. If you have a larger quantity you can make a ‘fat ball’ by following the recipe below.

Fat balls are easy to make and birds love them. You can also donate them to your local wildlife trust.

Step 1: Heat your excess fat (e.g. dripping, trex, lard – any fat that will solidify)
Step 2: Cool slightly and add mixed birdseed, raisins, unsalted peanuts, or small pieces of leftover cake or bread.
Step 3: Wedge a piece of lolly stick with string tied around it into an old ‘Tupperware’ bowl or yoghurt pot.
Step 4: Pour in the mixture, leaving the other end of string outside the pot.
Step 5: Put pots in the fridge and allow to set completely
Step 6: Hang out for the birds using the sting to tie the fat ball to a branch.

If you have too much oil for this allow the fat to solidify, put in an old tin and put this in with your general rubbish.

DIY items or Machinery

AB Electrical – 01252 656 796

If you have any of the following in good condition you can arrange a collection from AB Electrical.

• Heavy Machinery
• Power Tools
• Sinks – not cracked
• Generators
• Bathroom Suites – not cracked
• Factory Machinery

These will go for reuse in Africa.

Foil

Send (or drop off) clean foil of any type to:
Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
Farnham
Surrey GU9 8BL
01252 729 433

Junk Mail

To remove your name from the direct mail list:
Mailing Preference Service
Freepost 22
London. W1E 7EZ
020 7738 1625

Machinery & Tools

Tools for Self Reliance (Ron Forfar) - 01703 869 697  /  020 8549 4498

Mobile Phones

Do not need to be working
Rainbow Trust
Rainbow Trust receives £3.50 per mobile phone
that is recycled on our behalf. This money helps
families who have a child with a life threatening
or terminal illness.

We can provide freepost envelopes for the phones,
please contact Louise 01372 220023 or
email louise.bingham@rainbowtrust.org.uk

More information can be found at http://www.rainbowtrust.org.uk/subpage.cfm?level1Id=2&level2Id=93&level3Id=242  

The Princess Alice Hospice
Kingston - 020 8549 9391
New Malden – 020 8949 6667
Surbiton – 020 8390 5380
Tolworth – 020 8399 6074
Worcester Park – 020 8330 4224

Paint

To find out about Community paint recycling projects visit: www.communityrepaint.org.uk

Panes of Glass

Berrymans - 01795 530 337
Salvo - 01890 820 333

Printer  Cartridges

Penny Baker (Coordinator)
020 8399 5147

Help the Aged -- Recycle cartridges and raise money for charity. For more information visit www.helptheaged.org.uk

Tyres

Environmental Tyre Disposal Ltd - 020 8803 1322
Retreader Requirement - 020 8640 1319

Wellington Boots

Dunlop footwear - 0151 525 1691