Recycling in Skipton
At Share Skipton, we’re all about keeping good things in use for longer — by borrowing instead of buying, and repairing instead of replacing. Through our Library of Things and monthly Repair Café, we’re helping our community cut waste, save money, and live more sustainably. If you’re having a clear-out or a declutter, here are some local and national ideas to make sure your unwanted items get a second life rather than ending up in landfill.
There’s so much more to recycling than just your household waste!
Clothing
Skipton Charity Shops → all take clothing
Bras in good condition → Skipton Library High Street, Skipton
Lightly used makeup → Give and Makeup, PO Box 855, London W4 4AW — helping women escaping abuse and refugees.
Primark “Re-loved” bins → Clothing, bags, and textiles reused or recycled; profits go to UNICEF education programmes.
British Heart Foundation → Free postal donations (up to 10kg) for clothing and household items.
The Run Reuse Recycle Project → repurposing running clothes
POPI Baby Bank → provide donated items for babies and children up to 5 such as cots, prams, clothes and toys, free of charge to local families in need.
Organise or join a clothing swap (“swishing”) — a fun way to refresh your wardrobe and reduce textile waste! Several of these run in our local area every so often!
Bedding & Furniture
St Vincent de Paul Society → collects large items (Bradford: 01274 726790, info@helpinglocally.org.uk) and redistributes furniture, clothing, and clean bedding to those in need.
Craven Recycled Furniture Centre → all sorts of furniture including mattresses
Animal rescue centres generally take used bedding
Books, CDs, DVDs, Games
Donate to local community libraries (like Embsay Library) or charity shops such as Oxfam Books in Skipton.
Morrisons and Tesco in Skipton have mini libraries near the checkout! Skipton Hospital also takes books!
Sell or recycle online:
Mars Tapes in Manchester take cassette tapes
Tools, Tech & Gadgets
Solidaritech→ repurpose your unwanted laptops, desktops, tablets, smartphones, and working printers passing them on to asylum seekers and refugees
ReBoot North Yorkshire → laptops, smart phones, tablets or iPads
CEX (webuy.com) → buys and reuses electronics and old tech
Trade in or donate working computers to local refurbishers, schools, or projects like The Restart Project.
Printer cartridges → drop off at Morrisons.
Batteries → recycle at all supermarkets (never put in household bins)
Workaid refurbishes donated tools and sends them to help small businesses in Africa and Sri Lanka (contact Frank McCrickard, Ilkley, 01943 608655).
Food & Household Products
Skipton Foodbank located in St Andrew’s Church hall welcomes unopened, in-date tins and packets.
Tablet blister packs → some Superdrug and Terracycle drop points collect these for recycling.
Spectacles
Specsavers and Marie Curie accept used spectacles for reuse overseas.
Other resources:
recyclenow.com – find out what to do with specific items
Olio – share surplus food or household goods
Pawprint.eco – measure your carbon footprint
Bower Collective – track and reduce plastic waste
Ebay, Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle all are great resources too!
Silsden Reuse Recycle | Facebook
Skipton (& surrounding area) Free/Recycling items. (formerly Freecycle) | Facebook
Please let us know if there are more places to recycle items that are not on this list!