You can recycle tools and knives, free of charge, to all our household waste recycling centres. They can be placed in the scrap metal or wood skip for recycling.
If your tool can still be used, you can take it for reuse at Ripon household waste recycling centre and West Harrogate household waste recycling centre. Tools can be donated in the tools container.
We support the Tools for self reliance scheme.
This scheme collects unwanted tools and sewing machines and refurbishes them. They are then sent to Africa, where people use them to learn new skills or earn a living to support themselves and their family. Donations for good-quality tools are required for:
- joiners;
- motor mechanics;
- blacksmiths;
- engineers;
- plumbers;
- builders;
- leather workers, and
- electricians.
Good quality sewing machines are also required.
Find out more about tool reuse and recycling from recyclenow.com.
Select your local household waste recycling centre below for more information about other items you can take to the sites, location, opening hours and any restrictions that apply.
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Alternatively, select your nearest centre below:
- Mobile household waste recycling centres
- Burniston household waste recycling centre
- Catterick Bridge household waste recycling centre
- Harrogate household waste recycling centre
- Leeming Bar household waste recycling centre
- Leyburn household waste recycling centre
- Malton and Norton household waste recycling centre
- Northallerton household waste recycling centre
- Ripon household waste recycling centre
- Seamer Carr household waste recycling centre
- Selby household waste recycling centre
- Settle household waste recycling centre
- Skipton household waste recycling centre
- Sowerby household waste recycling centre
- Stokesley household waste recycling centre
- Tadcaster household waste recycling centre
- Tholthorpe household waste recycling centre
- Thornton-le-Dale household waste recycling centre
- West Harrogate household waste recycling centre
- Whitby household waste recycling centre
- Wombleton household waste recycling centre