Aberystwyth Recycling, Environment & Charity Shops

Environment, Recycling and Charity Shops

Aberystwyth has many charity shops.

Charity shops are a somewhat British institution, and not found to the same extent else where in the world. The aim of these high street shops is to raise funds for the charity that run them. The products they sell (books, clothes, bric-à-brac, etc) are donated by the public and most of the staff are volunteers.

• The Environment Agency's Pollution inventory
• Check Aberystwyth for risks from: flood, subsidence, radon, coal mining, landslip, landfill sites, waste sites air quality, pollution risk
• HPA (Health Protection Agency) Radon Map of the UK where you can also download the more detailed Radon Atlas of England and Wales NEW
• C.R.A.F.T. Recycle furniture, books, buildings materials, etc
• Aberystwyth Recycling Centre
• Friends of Cardigan Bay campaign on behalf of the local marine environment.
• Aberystwyth Friends of the Earth

Recycling Points:

What \ Where	Mori	PolCar	Glan	COOP	Harbour	Craft	ARC	Muni	Shop	Mill	Plas	Fuji
[1] Oxfam Bin [2] For re-sale rather than re-processing [3] Must comply to non-flammable regulations [4] Also in Somerfield store [5] Secure, certificated destruction of computer disks, tapes & videos [6] Cancer Research Bin [7] Salvation Army Bin [8] Oxfam Bookshop
Mori - Morrisons PolCar Car park opposite police station (relocated from Somerfield) Glan - Glanyrafon Recycling Centre COOP - Waunfawr Harbour Craft - C.R.A.F.T. ARC - Aberystwyth Recycling Centre Muni - Glanyrafon Civil Amenities Site (Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat&Sun 10-3) Shop - Any charity shop (list above) Mill Street Car Park Plascrug Leisure Centre
Paper
Glass
Aluminium cans/foil
Steel cans
Tetrapacks
Plastic
Plastic Bottles
Carrier Bags		[4]
Cardboard
Composting
Soil
Clothes Domestic Textiles & Paired Shoes[2]	[7]	[7]								[6]
Rags
Books/Magazines[2]	[1]			[1]
Cassette Tapes[2]	[1]			[1]
Video Tapes[2]	[1]			[1]
CD/DVDs[2]	[1]			[1]
Records[2]	[1]			[1]
Bicycles[2]
Computers[2]
Computer scrap & circuit boards
InkJet cartridges									[8]
Toner cartridges
Magnetic Media[5]
Lead Acid Batteries
NiCd Batteries
Fluorescent lamps
Mobile Phones
Office Equipment
Furniture[2][3]
Wood
Electrical goods (working)[2] Not fires Not Cookers
Waste metal, white goods & garage scrap
Oil
Bricks / Rubble

There are also various recycling bins for glass around the university halls of residence, and for aluminium cans in the Student's Union.

If you are dropping off material for recycling by car, please combine it with a journey that you would make anyway. (The environmental benefits of small scale recycling are often so slight as to be lost by making an extra car journey.)