Below we list the recycling sites in the city or you can contact Manchester City Council Recycling officer (Gary Donohue, 0161 234 4629), or try EMERGE Recycling (0161 223 8200, office@emergemanchester.co.uk) for more information or to discuss having your waste collected for recycling. Also Groundwork (0161 237 9119) run a waste resource exchange scheme.
Rethink Rubbish is a web site, run by the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, which "gives the low-down on why and how to rethink your rubbish in Greater Manchester" and "provides you with the know-how to make a difference to the rubbish you create and help your local area at the same time."
War on Waste Old Trafford is a group of local residents striving to combat the large amount of waste seen in Old Trafford and have produced a Recycling Directory
For information on other types of recycling (toner cartridges, computers etc) jump to after the table. Nationally, you could also check out Recycle More which includes an online listing of sites in Manchester.
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| Location | Glass | Paper | Aluminium cans | Textiles | Plastic | Books | Mobile phones |
| Sainsburys, Heaton Park Road, Blackley |  | | | | |||
| Heaton Park, Middleton Road, Blackley | | ||||||
| Tesco, Altrincham Road, Brooklands | | | | | | ||
| Safeway, Wilbraham Road, Chorlton | | | | | | ||
| Manchester Metropolitan University (John Dalton extension), Chester Street, City Centre | | ||||||
| Shude Hill (NCP car park), City Centre | | | | ||||
| UMIST (Students' Association building), Sackville Street, City Centre | | ||||||
| UMIST (Weston building), Sackville Street, City Centre | | ||||||
| Tesco, Market Street, City Centre | | ||||||
| Palatine Centre, Palatine Road, Didsbury | | ||||||
| Tesco, Parrs Wood Road, Didsbury | | | | | | | |
| Asda, Conran St, Harpurhey | | | | | |||
| Asda, Greenheys Lane West, Hulme | | | | | | ||
| Civic amenity site, Sandfold Lane, Levenshulme | | | | ||||
| Kwik Save, Stockport Road, Levenshulme | | | |||||
| Dales, Stanley Grove, Longsight | | ||||||
| Dean Brook pub, St Mary's Rd, Moston | | ||||||
| Civic amenity site, Reliance St, Newton Heath | | | |||||
| Sainsbury's, 100 Regent Road, Salford | | | | | | ||
| Civic amenity site, Longley Lane, Sharston | | | | ||||
| Manley Park, Clarendon Road, Whalley Range | | | |||||
| Shopping Giant, Simonsway, Woodhouse Park | | ||||||
| Location | Glass | Paper | Aluminium cans | Textiles | Plastic | Books | Mobile phones |
For up-to-date, national, information on places to recycle old computers, and for "special charity prices" for (new) PCs, see the IT for Charities web site.
ITEM is a company that restores old computers and other electrical goods for re-distrbution amongst local community groups and charities, or in the event of irrepairable damage dismantle and recycle components.
ITEM (0161 223 0135, item@btclick.com)
I've never known what to do with used electrical goods that for whatever reason I no longer need. All the common charities don't touch anything electrical. However there are places that will including Wesley Community Project (0161 226 9051, wesley_furniture@postmaster.co.uk) who will collect second hand furniture, clothing, bric-a-brac and domestic appliances to be passed on to people in need.
Another 'charity' which takes used (electric) cookers and fridge/freezers is Furniture Station (0161 456 0717) "supplying good quality furniture and household goods to people who need them". Again, they will collect, usually within two weeks.
Jim
Instead of valuable goods going to waste, In Kind Directare linking companies, who don’t have the time or relevant contacts to make better use of unwanted goods, to voluntary groups, who’re crying out for such equipment. Unfortunately there’s a small registration charge (for the voluntary groups not the companies!) but it should still result in groups getting their hands on much needed equipment for significantly less than paying for new.
In Kind Direct (0207 860 5930, info@inkinddirect.org)
Over 75 million cartridges go to landfill sites every year, and an estimated 90 million mobile phones are discarded every year. At the same time, one third of the world s children do not have enough food to live on. ActionAid Recycling collect unwanted mobile phones and empty toner cartridges. By recycling these products they raise revenue for ActionAid, the overseas development agency, who work in over 30 of the world s poorest countries helping people secure their basic rights to food, water, education, healthcare, shelter and a livelihood. As part of this scheme, University of Manchester staff have raised over £2,000.
Why recycle? As little as 2 inkjet cartridges could purchase learning and teaching materials for 5 people in an adult learning centre in Ethiopia. Also, just 100 laser jet cartridges could fund the completion of a water supply scheme to provide clean drinking to over 100 families in Pakistan.
ActionAid Recycling s collection service is free of charge and covers the UK. They can provide Freepost bags or storage boxes. They can also provide you with information about how much you have helped raise for ActionAid s overseas work. You can also save money and help reduce global poverty by purchasing remanufactured cartridges through ActionAid Recycling, at very competitive rates.
If you already recycle your cartridges and/or mobile phones, check with the company who collects them to see what they do with their profits. ActionAid Recycling allocate 80% of their profits to ActionAid s fight against poverty.
Action Aid (0117 304 2390, recycling@aarecycling.org.uk)
Groundwork (0161 237 9119) also run a waste resource exchange scheme which includes plastic vending cups, printer toner cartridges, redundant computers, wooden pallets, granulated polystrene, tyres, cardboard, concrete and hardcore, and steel drums. Now includes a new section on recycling household electrical goods. Material Exchange: 0161 237 9119.
The charity "ReCycle" collects old bicycles which it refurbishes and ships out to West Africa. Local contact: Martin, c/o Unicorn Grocery (0161 861 0010, office@unicorn-grocery.co.uk)
If you go in to a Dixons store then you can find envelopes which enable you to recycle old, empty inkjet cartridges and Dixons are donating £1 to the NSPCC for every reusable cartridge. The cartridges can be HP, Lexmark or Canon.