By dropping off your items, you are making a big difference to ensure that they don't end up in landfill.
What happens to your items
Adult clothing and accessories; Manchester (new or quality used); Hygiene items (New only); small homeware items
Anglicare cares for older people in residential aged care homes and supports independence through home care services. We assist children, families and those experiencing social isolation through our many community services, and we mobilise disaster recovery volunteers in times of crisis. Anglicare welcomes your donations of new and used clothing and accessories, and new essential items. We supply them directly to people in need and we also sell them through our Op Shops to raise money for the services we provide in the community. We’re not your ordinary Op Shop. As well as offering you a range of quality second hand clothing, accessories, and homewares at affordable prices, all of our 36 Op Shops across Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Illawarra are vibrant and bustling hubs in your community!
On the Northern Beaches, we're proud to be a part of your neighbourhood. From our a long-cherished shop in Dee Why and the expansive Manly Corso store to beautiful boutiques in Avalon Beach and Newport, and our elegant Mosman shop, each one is filled with great finds and friendly faces. We’re also planning new shops in your community. What makes our shops truly special is the way they connect people, not just to sustainable fashion, but also to practical support. Whether you're facing rising living costs, feeling a little isolated, or simply don’t know where to turn, our compassionate team can guide you to services offered by Anglicare or your local Anglican church. So, visit your local Anglicare Op Shop and let our friendly team know what else we can do to help you. For more information visit www.anglicare.org.au/opshops/
Essential items for babies and children
Dandelion Support Network is a grassroots charity that accepts, sorts and safety checks donations of new and used essential nursery equipment and children’s items from the community. Partnering with over 300 support agencies and hospitals, Dandelion rehomes these items to families in need from the Greater Sydney and Illawarra areas, free-of-charge.
For more information, please visit dandelionsupport.org.au
Bikes, Scooters and E-Bikes
Revolve ReCYCLING aims to be the primary platform in Australia to help riders, bike shops and other retailers, PTV fleet operators, importers and others give new life to old rides.
They provide a range of services from collecting to repairing, re-deploying, and selling bikes. They promote bike equity which includes giving kids bikes to kids who have no access to bikes. They also assist bike shops and bike fleet operators with waste minimisation services and offer bike service training and tune-up events in partnership with a range of councils.
In doing so they provide employment opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. For them, it’s part of being a more sustainable and kinder community.
For more information, please visit revolverecycling.net
Cardboard
Excess cardboard will be transported to Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre, where the cardboard is aggregated on behalf of Council. The paper/cardboard is then transported to Visy (another Australian company) in Sydney’s western suburbs, for sorting and sending to paper mills to produce packaging, cardboard boxes and other paper products such as recycled paper towels and toilet paper.
Small metal items
Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre sends the small metal items to Sell and Parker Metal Recycling Services. The items are then shredded and smelted back into raw steel to be remanufactured into steel products.
Plastic plant pots
PP5 plastic plant pots, punnets and plant labels are recycled and made into new plant pots and other useful horticultural products. For more information, please visit PP5 website and Garden City Plastics website.
Raw timber, flat pack furniture and raw pallets
Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre sends the eligible timber collected to reDirect Recycling who blend it with other raw materials and process it back into new particleboard sheets to be used in kitchen cabinets and other joinery at their facility in Oberon. Find out more.
Sydney Library of Things
Why buy when you can borrow?
The Sydney Library of Things is a not-for-profit service that provides the local community with access to a collection of extremely useful but only occasionally used items that can be loaned out for a short period of time.
Borrowing tools saves money, resources, space & waste. It helps build resilient & sustainable communities and strengthens community connections. Research shows that people who contribute & borrow from a tool library express a sense of belonging in the broader community.
The Sydney Library of Things is membership based and offers annual, 6 months or quarterly memberships, with the fees going to maintain the library, tools, insurance and building the collection. Anyone over 18 is welcome to join and you only pay to join not to borrow items!
Help support the ‘Library of Things’ on the Northern Beaches and donate any of the items in the accepted items list.
For more information please visit the Sydney Library of Things webpage or contact wasteeducation@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au