Gloucestershire's local authorities - like councils across the country - are under government orders to increase the amount of household waste that is recycled. As well as council waste disposal sites, many supermarkets now offering recycling facilities - making it is easy enough to lighten the household rubbish load while you stock up with your weekly groceries. More homes across the county are now offered kerbside collections for recyclable waste alongside dustbin collections. To find out if you qualify get in touch with your local council - for details see Contact panel on left hand side of this page. »Click here for recycling facilities in your area But do you know what else can be recycled - and more importantly, where you can do it? Find out more here. Printer cartridges and mobile phones
Get It Sorted, the county's waste information service, has a campaign called Gift for Gloucestershire which encourages individuals and local businesses to recycle their used inkjet and laser printer cartridges and old mobile phones. Money raised is donated to awardwinning Gloucestershire child bereavement charity Winston's Wish. Gift for Gloucestershire pouches for donations are available from: - Council offices
- Boots stores in Cirencester and Cheltenham
- Safeway in Tewkesbury and Cheltenham
- Sainsbury's in Stroud, Cheltenham and Gloucester
- The Get it Sorted office on 0870 241 6206
Clothing and household textiles
De-clutter that wardrobe! Your out-of-favour fashions could be just what someone else is looking for so why not give them to a charity shop? Worn-out clothes and bedding can be recycled at textile banks from where they are made into cleaning cloths and rags for industry and furniture filling.
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Furniture
The Furniture Recycling Project was set up in the early 1990s and has supplied hundreds of thousands of items to disadvantaged groups including the unemployed, single parents, elderly, disabled and families on low incomes. It also provides training opportunities. It runs from offices at Gloucester Docks and John Street, Stroud. »More about the Furniture Recycling Project
For more information call 01452 331333 or 01453 767771 or email office@frpglos.fsnet.co.uk Computers and other household items
Whether you have upgraded your computer or are replacing your fridge or washing machine, BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Action Desk is happy to match up donated items in good working order with local good causes that can put them to use. Call 01452 331133. Greetings cards
Local charities that recycle Christmas and birthday cards include: Cobalt Unit Crack Cancer Appeal - donations can be handed in at the appeal's Linton House HQ in Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham, Monday to Friday between 9am and 4.30pm until Friday January 30.
Gloucestershire Arthritis Fund - donations can be handed in at 2 College Lawn, Cheltenham or at main reception at Cheltenham General Hospital.
Recycling at work
Environmental group the Stroud Valleys Project has set up Eco-works, a pioneering project which aims to promote more eco-awareness in local businesses by pointing out that recycling saves cash as well as helping to save the planet. It is hoped the project will eventually be copied nationwide. | 
