The Acton Market Reduce and Recycle Hub and ReActon are repeating their pre-loved Free School uniform Swap give and take at Acton Market on Saturday 2 November from 10 am to 3 pm. At our swaps, you can either give donations, take donations or both. So at the school uniform swap, you can give uniform or take up to 3 items of free school uniform or do both. It is all about getting everyone to wear their clothes for longer.
Donate and take children’s pre-loved school uniform
After the successful free school uniform swap in September Acton Reduce and Recycle Hub and ReActon will have their pre loved uniform give and take event and will be accepting donations, plus families can take up to 3 items on Saturday 2 November. If you have uniform that your kids don’t need or doesn’t fit, please donate the clean uniform to at Acton Market, The Mount, W3, on the same day.
They accept donations of the following items:
- Primary and secondary school unbranded school uniform items and sportswear, including footwear and school bags.
- Items that are hand-me-down quality, clean and washed.
For full details go to November Reduce and Recycle hub and School Uniform Swap in Acton
Volunteer to help at the Reduce and Recycle hub
If you are able to volunteer to help the Reduce and Recycle hub with their school uniform or book swap, please contact Mary Horesh at mary.horesh@actionwestlondon.org.uk.
November Reduce and Recycle Hub
All the usual activities of the Reduce and Recycle hub will also be at the monthly November Reduce and Recycle hub at MarketW3 with an inspiring selection of organisations. They will help you to reduce our waste, by recycle, as well as repair and reuse at Acton Market and beyond.
RECYCLE:
Bring along your old and unloved:
- Clothing, Shoes and accessories (10am – 2pm) Donations for TRAID charity http://www.traid.org.uk/wlwa
- Small electrical appliances (10am – 2pm). These must be small –small enough to fit in a shopping bag to TRAID, see details www.traid.org.uk
- Ealing Waste Team collecting for Terracycle:
- Biscuits and Snacks wrappers: All brands of plastic biscuit wrappers, all brands of plastic cake wrappers and all brands of plastic cracker wrappers (Not included is recycle paper or foil wrappers)
- Coffee bean and ground coffee pouches and sachets (No coffee capsules or coffee grounds). Recycle cardboard packaging at the Ealing doorstep collection.
- Pringle Tubes with the metal bases only
- Bulk bags of tea bags and loose leaf tea packs: Recycle cardboard packaging at the Ealing doorstep collection and teabags in food waste doorstep collection. No individual tea bag sachets.
- Plastic toothbrushes and electric toothbrush heads: Plus electric flosser nozzles, flossing sticks and interdental brushes and dental floss containers. (Not collecting battery or electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, dental floss)
- Ealing Council Waste team will be there giving advice on the doorstep recycling and food waste collection. Find more tips and information here https://www.instagram.com/ealingrecycles/
REPAIR:
- Learn to fix your Clothes with Ealing Repair Café www.ealingrepaircafe.org
- Get your Bikes checked with with ReActon and Dr Bike (2 pm-5 pm)
- Discounted bike service also available from ReActon. You pay for only for the parts needed. No labour to pay for, you simple pay for parts. Get your bike running smoothly again for less than half of what you’d usually pay!
- Sharpen your Garden and Kitchen tools: Contact RenewSharpening on 07860 518576 and speak to Dave. He can sharpen your Garden and Kitchen tools. Dave is unlikely to be able to attend the hub. He is available in the week to collect items to be sharpened.
- Fix your watch straps and replace your batteries with our Trader TJ Singh.
REUSE:
Let’s get reusing and swapping with these great organisations:
- Buy an upcycled bike: ReActon will be selling a fantastic selection of high-quality pre-loved bikes for both adults and kids. All the bikes come with a three month warranty. ReActon also offers Free Tyre Checks and chain checks.
- Book Swap: Bring a book and take a book, with Churchfield Community Association
- Grab a preloved bargain at our stall holders many who sell returns and seconds from the high street at a reduced price choose from sportswear, womenswear and menswear.
GROWING & Connecting to Nature
- Cultivate London will be on site with seeds and plants to take away. They also will share information about their Acton Green composting project and tell you how to get involved https://www.spacehive.com/acton-green-waste-solutions
Pushing for Change
- Ealing Friends of the Earth: Updating us on the local issues and campaigns around air pollution, climate change, nature and biodiversity.
Come along to Reduce and Recycle hub and join the growing community of people who are helping Acton reduce, reuse and recycle more. While you are there grab a bargain from one of their traders as many sell end of line stock or returns, knowing you will be helping reducing waste as well as saving money.
BBC Make a difference Award
The Acton Market Reduce and Recycle hub recently featured on BBC London news, and they won the Make a difference Green Award. Winning the BBC London Radio Make a Difference Green Award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the volunteers. The volunteers have made the Acton Market Reduce and Recycle Hub a success.
Get involved
Are you part of an organisation, community group or as a trader interested in getting a stall? Or you can offer some time as a volunteer to help run some of the activities? Please email the Reduce and Recycle hub manager, Mary Horesh at mary.horesh@actionwestlondon.org.uk.
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