Recycling

Recycling is a great way to raise money for the CF Trust whilst doing your bit for the environment at the same time.

There are a number of different ways you can support us through recycling.

Door to door textile clothes recycling
Stationary textile and shoe banks
Mobile phones
Unwanted items via eBay
Used stamps and spare foreign currency

Update...
We are no longer asking supporters to recycle ink cartridges. After encountering problems with three different suppliers, we have decided to stop pursuing this line of fundraising as the time and administration costs involved are greater than the profits generated.

Our supplier, Ink Again, will pick up any large boxes of cartridges already in circulation but we will not be sending any new boxes or bags out.

For more information on recycling, please email recycling@cftrust.org.uk.

Stationary textile and shoe banks
We have 71 textile and clothes banks in the South East as well as 7 others dotted around the country. Please follow these links for their exact locations - SOUTH EAST / OTHER BANKS

HELP US FIND NEW SITES FOR TEXTILE BANKS

We would really like to find more sites to place CF Trust textile banks.

We work with a recycling company that hold all the licences needed, do all the work & incur all the costs we just need to find suitable locations for the banks to be placed. They deliver it, empty and maintain the bank and site owners are given a number to ring if it gets full before it is due to be emptied.

The best spots tend to be car parks in places with quite a lot of through traffic e.g. supermarkets, convenience stores, large offices, cinemas, family pubs, libraries and town or village halls.

If you think you know of someone that might be able to help please call us on 020 8290 8046 or recycling@cftrust.org.uk and we can provide you with all the information necessary. When requests come directly from charity supporters they tend to have a really good success rate!

NB Unless there was the potential for 20 or more sites, we wouldn't be able to place banks in Northern Ireland or Scotland as they are too far from the recycling company to make the banks cost effective.

Mobile phones
There are millions of unwanted mobile phone handsets in homes and offices all over the UK. If your phone has been upgraded, we would be really grateful if you could send your old handset to us to recycle.
Simply send your old phones (without the SIM card) in an envelope to the following freepost address. NB We now receive a variable amount for each phone depending on what it is worth rather than a flat fee of £2.50.

Cystic Fibrosis Trust
ZonZoo
FREEPOST
LON17592
Mitcham
CR4 3UZ

If you prefer, we can send you a freepost envelope, or for larger quantities (25 or more) simply call 020 8274 4041 and a free courier will come and pick them up for you.

For more information email recycling@cftrust.org.uk or call us on 020 8290 8046.

eBay
You may well have things stashed away in your loft, garage or cupboards that could be turned into cash for the CF Trust by selling them on eBay for Charity.

eBay for Charity allows you to list an item on eBay.co.uk and donate a percentage of the final sale value (10 - 100%) to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

For more detailed information about selling for charity on eBay read our guide and visit www.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity.

Used stamps and spare foreign currency
We also recycle used stamps and leftover foreign currency - please send them to Steve Cavalli at Cystic Fibrosis Trust, 11 London Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 1BY.

Contact us
For more information on any of the above, please call us on 020 8290 8046 or email recycling@cftrust.org.uk.