Action #127

Recycle your toys


 
This action has been done 1,652 times which means there are about 31,388 less lonely toys.
 
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There are around 400 million forgotten toys in the UK. Unused. Unloved. Under the bed. It doesn't have to be this way. Take them to a charity shop. Give them away. Swap them. Love your toys. And when you're done lovin', set them free.

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  • Georgia McLeish Georgia McLeish and friends did this action and got 45 people to do it too

    The Sharing Shed

    At my school we have a sharing shed.
    It is where you put things that you do not want and are in good condition.
    Those things go to Dingwall Trust. Kids from 2- 16 that cannot live at home live there and we give all of our things to them.
    I got lot of people in our school to bring in the old toys that they do not want anymore. we now cannot even shut the doors in the sharing shed.
     30 June 2010, 05:37
  • Paul Strickland Paul Strickland and friends did this action and got 100 people to do it too

    www.reclaimfun.com project

    We are running a pilot study for the reclaimfun project. Here unwanted but interested items are taken apart and explored. We test the science and engineering in them. We record the product in 3d, so preserving history. Then the item gets repaired, re-used or 'product digested' to metals and plastics, ready for recycleing.

    Please, before you bin it let us reclaim the fun out of it.     11 May 2010, 16:55
  • Mrs Julie Watson Mrs Watson & The Eco-Council @ William Allitt and friends did this action and got 100 people to do it too

    We recycled old toys, books, videos etc...

    Students at The William Allitt Secondary School in Swadlincote, donated old toys, books & videos as well as unwanted gifts to be recycled and sold over two lunchtimes in March.
    All the proceeds (over £86!!) were split between the Haiti Disaster Fund and Barnardo's.
    Another recycled/charity sale will run again in July - watch this space.     14 April 2010, 21:30
  • Sasha Keeble did this action

    Time for a change...

    Well all my old toys were just in boxes in my room, so I decided that i would give them all away. So i gave most of them to charity :) and my rooms a lot clearer which is always good, more space for clothes and shoes :) 22 March 2010, 18:03
  • J Brooks J Brooks did this action

    Recycled my son's toys

    Once a year we have a good sort out and recycle his old toys. These either go to younger children we know or the local surestart centre, the nursery or the children's ward at the hospital. 18 March 2010, 16:08
  • Christine Moss Christine Moss did this action

    Recycle your toys

    I gave a load of toys to my next door neighbour! It cleared some space in my attic and the toys went to a good home :) 14 March 2010, 18:34
  • Samiriah Samiriah Shaikh and friends did this action and got 2 people to do it too

    Toys

    Recently me and my sisters gave away all of our old toys=) 25 February 2010, 15:15
  • Mazen Ayoub Mazen Ayoub and friends did this action and got 2 people to do it too

    I recycled my toys

    I always recycle any toys I don't play with 18 January 2010, 17:14
  • Daisy Daisy did this action

    Recycled toys

    I have a relative who works in a school so when i do not want my toys for the garden i give them to the school so they can use them for playtimes. Some of my old teddies, lego, plastic food goes to the school for the younger classes to play with. 02 December 2009, 17:03
  • Maria Piperides Maria Piperides and friends did this action and got 2 people to do it too

    recycling TIGGER

    When Ollie was born i gave him my musical TIGGER, aqnd we agreed that he'd pass him on to another baby when he stopeed playing with him. Now his brother Bruno is the proud carer. 18 November 2009, 12:20
  • beatboxing legend Rinor did this action

    ive did that thats me beatboxing legend

    cool but werid i loved tedies and ive recycled but not realy ive gave them to charity shop isnt thet kinde off kool man!!! 16 November 2009, 20:09
  • Judith Connor Judith Connor did this action

    Attic clearance

    I love this one, we are clearing out our attic in the hope that the man in red needs some space, also hoping for an extension. I intend keeping some toys 'cos they're always handy to have but those that we don't need - give to someone you think would like them - make their day - and their parents - especially if it's a grey, rainy day when they can't get out - new toys (2nd hand) there's nothing like it! 07 November 2009, 18:12
  • Justin Francis Bionat Justin Francis Bionat did this action

    Waste Wise.

    If we ussually have broken toys we throw them away, right? But since my school launched a program called waste wise i gave my broken toys there. Waste Wise is kindda like a recycling campaign that we give recyclable stuff to the school and they sell it and using the funds for school use. 02 November 2009, 09:32
  • Heather Meek Heather Meek did this action

    toys

    when i was younger every year i would go through my toys and fill a box of ones i didnt want anymore and took them to oxfam. 19 October 2009, 09:29
  • Konstantin Dankov Konstantin Dankov did this action

    This is a cool Idea!

    Last "toy" I recycled was my old Nokia E60 mobile phone. Now my sister is using it and she is loving it! I bought myself an iPhone. Win - Win 02 October 2009, 10:57
  • rebecca ann poole rebecca ann poole and friends did this action and got 2 people to do it too

    my house is like toys'r'us.

    my son has so many toys that he doesnt no what to do with them all and before we now it hes grown out of them. so we pack them up and take them to the charity shop. This way were helping other children who cant afford new toys and helping the charity shop earn money. 14 September 2009, 20:11
  • Konstantin Dankov Konstantin Dankov did this action

    Selling your old toys

    I usually sell my old tech. If it is worth something of course! 10 July 2009, 21:19
  • Konstantin Dankov Konstantin Dankov did this action

    Sell old stuff

    I usually sell my old tech so in a way I recycle all my toys! :) 10 July 2009, 18:10
  • Cora Harrison Cora Harrison and friends did this action and got 10 people to do it too

    Son't shop it - swap it!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNvurWmzL4 09 July 2009, 11:58
  • Damian Denman Damian Denman did this action

    Recycle your toys

    I gave some of my teddies and toys from my younger years to my baby sister and to my baby brother they loved them.
    xoxo     01 July 2009, 21:19

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