Re-use and recycling in Haddington – what to do with old stuff
There’s loads of ways of doing this – buying second hand stuff, selling or giving away your old stuff when you’ve finished with it, and repairing your broken stuff. And for stuff that really has had it’s day, many things can be recycled. Also, if you are buying new, look for recycled products. Without a market for these, there’s no point reycling anything.
This is what is available in Haddington that we know about. (Sustainable Haddington doesn’t endorse any particular business. It is up to you to decide if what they offer is right for you.) If you offer a service which you’d like included, please contact us.
Getting Second-hand and recycled stuff
Paper – recycled paper for printers is available at the Post Office – maybe other places, if so let us know!
Furniture and Artefacts:
ELVON have a warehouse behind the Civic Amenity Centre (that’s the dump) at Macmerry Industrial estate. They are open from 10.00 – 3.30 on weekdays. They sell good quality furniture from the warehouse to support the main aim of the project which is to provide furniture to people who need it. For more information, see http://www.recyclingfirst.freeuk.com/info.html
Clothes, shoes, books, toys, bric-a-brac
There are six charity shops in Haddington where you can buy a wide range of second-hand stuff, for a fraction of the new price. See below for details.
Online
East Lothian Freecycle is an online service that arranges swaps - you can post items you no longer need, and look for things you want. There really is an amazing variety of stuff offered - things you’d expect like fridges or children’s toys, but also magazine collections, paving slabs, reed organs, you name it. Join on http://www.freecycle.org/group/UK/Scotland/East%20Lothian . You have to sign up to Yahoo Newsgroups to join, but it’s a good way of getting stuff you want and passing on stuff you don’t.
Repairs
Fabrication, Haddington High Street
Shoes
Shoe repair – 10 William Masons (01620 826276) and Wee Masons (01620 825600), 90 High Street, Haddington, East Lothian
Clothes
Fabrication, 69 High Street, Haddington 01620 823453
– alterations and repairs to garments and textile products
TV and Video Repair Centre 12 High Street, 01620 822401
Furniture
Furniture Magician, Cockles Smiddy, Cockles Brae, Haddington, EH41 4PB 0845 652 0742
Re-use
Reusable clothes, bric-a-brac, books, toys
Charity Shops
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Cancer Research – 71/72 High Street, 01620 826846
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Capability Scotland 34 – 37 Market Street 01620 825036
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Oxfam 26 High Street, 01620 828579
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Save the Children, 5 Hardgate, 01620 824463
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Sue Ryder Care 13 Market Street, 01620 829089
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Chest Heart and Stroke Association 18 Court Street, 01620 823538
or keep an eye open for jumble sales; the Scouts (who collect) and National Childbirth Trust have twice yearly sales, in spring and autumn. Jumble sales are usually in the Corn Exchange on Court Street or the Trinity Centre on Church Street. Most are advertised in the East Lothian Courier.
Mobile phones and chargers – Oxfam, Cancer Research.
Spectacles – Vision Aid Direct will dispense them in developing countries after a full eye test. To get them there, take them to Black and Lizars 75 High Street 01620 822425 or Mongomery Optometrists 6 Sidegate, 01620 826000
Furniture – ELVON will uplift usable furniture and give it to households in need, or sell it through their shop to support the project. ELVON sells donated second hand furniture through its shop at 12 12 Bridge Street , Tranent to support its main project giving furniture to households in need. Contact: 01875 615797
Re-cycling
ELC recycling helpline – call 01620 827215 or email letsnotwaste@eastlothian.gov.uk
Domestic collection – see http://collectiondates.eastlothian.gov.uk/home.asp for current collection dates.
Blue Box – newspapers, magazines, cardboard, envelopes, yellow pages, telephone directories, unwanted mail, all types and colours of paper, books, catalogues and brochures, greetings cards, wrapping paper.
Green Box –glass bottles and jars, aerosols, sweet and biscuit tins, drinking glasses, crockery, clean aluminium foil, food cans, drinks cans, plastic bottles. BUT NOT; plastic bags, Food and Drink Cartons, padded envelopes, polystyrene, plastic food containers, plastic tops and corks.
Note: Material that is collected in the Green Box domestic collection is used for aggregate: to recycle glass into glass, you have to place it in Glass collection at a Recycling point – see below.
Other recycling options:
Plastic bags; re-use, or when broken, take to Tesco’s
Food and Drinks Cartons/Cardboard – recycle at Peffers Place (behind the ELC canteen at John Muir House)
Engine oil – take to the Jet Garage
Glass, plastic, paper, plastic, cardboard, food and drinks cartons can all be recycled at recycling points around Haddington.
Below is a link to a map of recycling facilities in Haddington. It will take you to a Google map where you can click on the balloon icon to see what you can recycle where.
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4. January 2011 at 12:34 pm :
I have lived in Hill Wynd, Haddington just over a year and find recycling glass, paper, sometimes cardboard no problem but plastic!!!!!!!!!!! yes there is now a small recycle bin outside council offices,not big enough for large plastic milk cartons. I have my own recycle bags can I leave these out for recycle lorry or where can I get green blue boxes from?