Furniture Disposal
There are national and local organisations and charities who will accept material from you for recycling or re-using. The list below outlines the materials that can be taken and the contact details for these organisations.
Clothes and Textiles
There are numerous charity shops 
in and around Poole who will accept donations of clean clothes and textiles.
Clothes, textiles and shoes can also be recycled using any of the Recycling Banks in Poole.
Computers
When you donate or recycle a computer it is advisable to permanently delete all of the files on the hard-drive to guard against misuse of your details.
Admiral Systems and Peripherals
70 North Road
Poole
Out of Afrika is a charity that can use your unwanted working computer to help equip schools in Africa with technology.
Furniture
Dorset Reclaim
1, Didcot Road
Nuffield Trading Estate
Poole
BH17 0GD
To organise a collection please contact Dorset RECLAIM
Furniture can also be disposed of at Nuffield Waste Recycling Centre
Mobile Phones, PDAs and Printer Cartridges
Recycling appeal is a scheme which collects your mobile phones, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant), ink cartridges and toners for reuse and recycling, and the proceeds are then donated to the charity of your choice. Please note that PDAs must be in working order.
Plastic Bags
Avoid accepting new bags and reuse old bags as much as possible. You could use a cotton bag or buy "Bags for Life" from most supermarkets.
Plastic bags often become litter so remember to dispose of them properly when you have finished with them. There are plastic bag recycling points at some Asda, Tesco's, and Sainsbury's supermarkets, where you can recycle all brands of carrier bags.
Carrier bags can be used again as bin liners at home.
The Clean Green Bag Scheme is a local environmental group dedicated to raising awareness of the environmental impact of plastic bags. They are encouraging local retailers to stop supplying free plastic bags by suggesting the use of greener alternatives and hoping to inspire consumers to re-use their own bags.
Printer Cartridge Refilling Scheme
Over 47 million printer cartridges are thrown away each year in the UK alone. These take around 450 years to decompose.
We have joined forces with everything4printers to provide a printer cartridge recycling scheme for you. Empty injet and laser cartridges that are collected are refilled and then sold as a recycled product. Local businesses are also being encouraged to take advantage of the collection and delivery scheme and the savings they can make.
Cartridge recycling:
PC Time, 68 Charminster Road, BH8 8UR Tel: 01202 557689
Alternatively cartridges can be taken to the stores listed below and refilled while you wait:
everything4printers, 185 Bournemouth Road, Parkstone Tel: 01202 387000
Refill i.t, 1154 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth boscombeeast@refillit.org Tel: 01202 566900
Refill i.t, 776 Wimborne Road, Moordown moordown@refillit.org Tel: 01202 523231
Printer Cartridge Collection sites
There are several collection sites around Poole where you can take unwanted printer cartridges for refilling and recycling. The collection sites are listed below:
- Branksome Library
- Broadstone Library
- Poole Central Library
Toys and Games
Charity Shops in and around Poole will accept donations of unwanted toys and games.
Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages can be recycled by putting them in the blue kerbside recycling bin
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