Item | Here's a thought |
Appliances | appliances |
Athletic shoes | Nike Factory Store in Clinton accepts for recycle.
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Backpacks | |
Batteries - used | |
Bicycles | |
Blankets, towels, linens | |
Books | Donate to your local library or use |
Building materials, small appliances, etc. | Contact Habitat for Humanity ReStore |
Business clothing - women | |
Business clothing - men | |
Cardboard tubes, plastic tubs, etc. | Donate to your local elementary school art teacher |
Carpets | |
Cell Phones | Hope Phones recycles old phones and provides them to health care workers in developing nations |
Children's items | Send 'like new' blankets, books, stuffed animals to children in homeless shelters at Project night night |
Crayons and Coloring Books | |
Coats | |
Coat Hangers | Return them to your nearest dry cleaners |
Designer Clothes | Go to Refashioner to trade your designer castoffs for someone else's. |
DVDs and Play stations | |
Electronics | |
Everything | |
Eyeglasses | |
Flag
| For repurposing, the Boys Scouts will take them. To have burned appropriately, see your local Fire Department. |
Formal dresses | |
Household items and used clothing | Salvation Army to see if they pickup in your area (800-728-7825). |
Medical Supplies | charity in Norwich |
Musical Instruments
| Check with your local elementary and middle school band teachers. |
Packing peanuts & packaging materials | Your local shipping store |
Prescription drugs | |
Printer cartridges - used | |
School Supplies | public charity in Norwich |
Shoes
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Stuffed animals | |
Wedding Dresses | |