Approximately 3% of household waste is made up of textiles, and it is estimated that 550,000 - 900,000 tonnes of textiles are sent to landfill each year.
Bag It Up recycles any unwanted clothing, shoes and household textiles. Good quality items which can be reused are sold to second-hand clothing traders in the UK and worldwide. 'End of life' garments are recycled into industrial wipers and cloths, mattress filling, insulation and new fibres. By donating your unwanted garments, Bag It Up raises vital funds for your local charity, reduces waste at landfill sites and provides an affordable clothing supply to communities worldwide.
You can donate your clothing, shoes and textiles to any of our partner charities by using our textile bring banks situated at household waste sites, supermarkets and car parks. Use the search facility to find your nearest textile bring bank.
We also provide a doorstep collection service in specific areas, to collect your unwanted garments; all you have to do is call our freephone number or book online to arrange a collection date to suit you.
For more details about the Bag It Up Bra Campaign, click on our Campaigns page to see how you can help raise money from your unloved smalls, whilst providing women in Africa with the 'support' they want!
There are over 25 million unwanted or unused mobile phones currently in this country. This equates to approximately 2,500 tonnes of waste, some of which is toxic and could end up in a landfill.
Mobile phones place a huge burden on the world's natural resources. Crude oil, metals, and their manufacturing processes all take their toll.
Bag It Up have partnered with one of the leading mobile phone recyclers to ensure that there is an alternative to landfill and makes sure that your mobile phone raises money for local charities. Recycled mobile phones provide communications for developing countries, businesses and the public and by doing so helps to preserve and protect the environment for future generations.
Recycling a mobile phone couldn't be easier. You can request a free post envelope or download the freepost address label for you to attach to an envelope. Place your phones in the envelope and drop them in a local post box. If you would like a mobile phone recycling box for your place of work, please let us know using our Contact Us page.
Mobile phone recycling is currently available for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Hampshire
& Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, and Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance.
Over 50 million inkjet cartridges are used in this country every year, yet only around 10% are actually recycled. This equates to around 14,000 tonnes of material that will take at least 1,000 years to biodegrade having been dumped into a landfill.
Inkjet and toner cartridges place a huge burden on the world's natural resources. Crude oil, metals and their manufacturing processes all take their toll.
Bag It Up has partnered with leading ink and toner recyclers to ensure that there is alternative to landfill and makes sure that your old cartridges not only raise money for local charities but they also help provide businesses and the public with recycled printer cartridges which in turn helps to preserve and protect the environment for future generations.
Recycling ink cartridges couldn't be easier.
For your small inkjet and deskjet cartridges, you can request a free post envelope or download the freepost address label for you to attach to an envelope. Place your inkjet or deskjet cartridges in the envelope and drop them in a local post box. PLEASE… DO NOT USE THIS ENVELOPE FOR LARGE TONERS… NO EPSONS… ONLY ORIGINAL CARTRIDGES… THANK YOU.
For the larger toner cartridges (and inkjets/deskjets), if you would like a recycling box for your place of work, then please let us know using our Contact Us page. We can arrange to collect them from you.
Ink & Toner cartridge recycling is currently only available for Hampshire &
Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.