MOBILE PHONES

LOADS OF CHARITIES are accepting these now. Any condition is acceptable, with or without charger and battery - but remember to take out your SIM card...

BIKES

TIME TO HAUL YOUR RUSTY OLD steed out of the shed and give it to someone who will appreciate it.

COINS & STAMPS

REMARKABLY, IF YOU COLLECT enough of these, you'll be helping dig a borehole in Africa. That's what it says here...

COMPUTERS

CHUCKING THE OLD PC into a skip is no longer an environmental or charitable option. Do the right thing and hand it over to one of these organisations...

PRINTER EMPTIES

NOT ONLY DO THEY COST the earth, ink and toner cartridges mark you as the Jeremy Clarkson of printerdom if you throw them away. Things can be made easier for you...

SPECS

YOUR LOCAL SPECSAVERS or Vision Express will despatch your old specs to the developing world as long as you package them properly. Read on...

EVERYTHING ELSE

ALMOST EVERYTHING IS USEFUL to someone, somewhere. Even that yellowing Majorca ashtray. So don't throw it away - click for the basics on charity shops.