5. Recycle items not included in the Council’s household recycling scheme

Why?

Recycling waste or unwanted items saves energy and natural resources, but not all such items can be placed in Bradford Council’s household recycling bins or taken to the Waste Recycling Centre in Keighley. However, there are many alternative schemes that can be taken advantage of

How?

Check our A-Z Recycling Registry

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A

Alpkit repair and recycle outdoor clothing, 7 Station Road
Ilkley
LS29 8HF, Tel: 01943 597577; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

B

Blister packs: Ilkley and Skipton Boots

Batteries: Addingham Coop and all major supermarkets in the area

C

Currys recycle any electrical appliance. Vouchers often available

Clothing can be sold on Vinted and eBay

Most charity shops take clean clothing. Homeless Not Hopeless with take clean clothing. They have a unit in Silsden, Tel: 01535 442399; 07435 442399; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

D

Dunelm recycle electricals but only if a new item is being bought. They also recycle clean textiles including pillows

E

Electrical equipment can be hired at The Ilkley Thingery, 1 Regent Road, Ilkley

For electrical repairs use The Repair Cafe at Silsden Methodist Church, Wesley Place, Silsden, 3rd Saturday of each month

M

Marigold gloves can be recycled at All Saints Church in Ilkley. A TerraCycle collection box specifically for Marigold-branded rubber gloves and their packaging is located at the back of the church.

There is are old makeup products bins in Boots and Tesco that take compacts, mascara, eyeliners, and lipstick tubes, but not brushes or glass

S

Soft plastics can be recycled at Addingham Coop and most other major  supermarkets in the area

T

TerraCycle bins are located at St John's Church in Ben Rhydding for pens, marigolds and dental products

W

There is a bucket for white plastic milk bottle tops in the ticket office in Ilkley railway station

Z

Zimmer frames and other medical adaptations should be returned to Airedale hospital or  https://www.bradford.gov.uk/adult-social-care/living-independently/bradford-and-airedale-community-equipment-service/. They can be repaired and reused. Do not return to other services