Rethinking Rubbish In Action!
Monthly events for you to recycle the stuff you can’t put in your household recycling bins. De-clutter and help save the Planet!
Next Event
Saturday 14th November
10am – 11.30am
Not Just Sundaes
~ opposite The Quay ~
Things you can bring
(and where they end up)
Balls of unwanted yarn
Knit for peace
Blisterpacks
(ReFactory)
Max of 20 packs per person (cut up into 4-6 bits). We request a small voluntary donation to help us fund the ReFactory box (which costs us £112)
Bras
(Poole Hospital to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research, and have a destination in Africa and Eastern Europe)
CDs and DVDs plus cases (separated)
(Win on Waste)
Coins
(Lewis Manning Hospice Care)
Confectionary tubs
(Brothers Make)
Corks
(Wareham library - craft projects, Recorked UK)
Craft supplies (unused or leftover)
(Dorset Scrapstore)
Dental Waste – plastic toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads, interdental brushes, toothpaste tubes.
(Terracycle)
Greetings Cards
(St Michael's Church Colehill - new cards made from old!)
Keys and Padlocks
(Win on Waste)
Make Up
(Win on Waste)
Marigold (only) rubber gloves and packaging
(Win on Waste)
Merchant Gourmet pouches
(returned to Merchant Gourmet for recycling)
Mobile Phones
(Win on Waste)
Pens and board markers (all makes)
(Edding recycling scheme & Brothers Make)
Plastic milk tops
(Win on Waste for Circular 11 building schemes)
Postcards
(Win on Waste)
Printer ink cartridges
(Win on Waste)
Stamps
(Somerset & Dorset Air Ambulance) Note: please leave a 1cm border around the stamp
Watches & Jewellery (broken)
(Transform Trade)
Wires and Cables
(Wareham recycling)
Yeo Valley “Yeo Tokens” (unredeemed)
(Win on Waste)
Our numbers so far...
At each event there will be tea, coffee, delicious homemade cakes and informative leaflets to take away about recycling, plastics etc. Do drop in and meet the Sustainable Wareham gang, let us know if there are more things you would like to re-cycle and you can find out about our other projects too.
Where?
Not Just Sundaes
Trinity Church
South Street
Wareham BH20 4LU
~ Opposite the Quay ~
When?
The next event is Saturday, 10th October 10am to 11.30am
Then the second Saturday of every month on the following dates (2026):
- 12th December
- 9th January
- 13th February
- 13th March
Rethinking Rubbish projects
Rethinking Rubbish
We're determined to reduce the amount of household waste from Wareham that is getting sent to landfill. Find out about items that can be recycled (but are not currently collected by Dorset Council), and where to go to recycle them.
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