Dont dump it donate it!

 

Its amazing what people chuck out.  Fully functional electrical items.  Furniture that's as good as new.  It all gets taken down to 'the tip'. That's the finding of independent researchers who interviewed customers at the Shrewsbury Household Recycling Centre about their opinions on the larger items which they were putting into the recycling and rubbish skips on site.

Over 1,200 individual items were checked as part of the research.  In all cases the customers underestimated the potential for reuse.  For example, with electronic equipment brought to the site, residents felt that only 30% of items would be reusable.

In fact almost 50% of all items were fully functional in their current condition.  An additional 10% could have been reusable with minor repairs such as replacing parts, cleansing or merely changing the fuse. 

Whilst its great that most of the waste bought to the tip is now being recycled, it would be even better if people would choose to re-use instead.  It shows what a wealthy and wasteful society we have become that people can afford to chuck away perfectly good TV's.  What is more of course as well as the environmental benefits of re-use, there are lots of charities in Shropshire who could really benefit from these items.

So don't dump it, donate it!

Find your nearest charity shop via http://www.frn.org.uk/ or http://www.charityshops.org.uk/locator.php