Don’t dump it, donate it!🗑️
Leave Liverpool Tidy is a city-wide project, making it easier for you to donate, not dump, your unwanted items throughout the year.
From donations to swap shops and litter picks to support your community, there are lots of ways you can get involved with the project and help leave our city shining.
The Big End of Year Clear Out📦
The time has come to start thinking about clearing out your houses/halls/rooms and getting ready for your next step, whether that’s moving down the road or taking the leap to a new adventure. We're here to help make your clear out a little bit easier – and more sustainable!
Working alongside John Moores Students' Union British Heart Foundation and Fareshare, we provide donation points and initiatives for you to transform your trash into someone else's treasure.
Your Guide to Donating
🛍️ How to Donate:
The way it works is quite simple, if you’re leaving Liverpool, you gather all the stuff that you don't want to move to your new place (such as clothes, kitchen equipment, ,housing decorations or tinned food), and bring them -using a reusable bag- to one of our drop-off points,fixed donation points or leave them out ready for the Leave Liverpool Tidy collection days and we'll do the rest! Please make sure your donations are clean and dry (no mouldy plates or dirty clothes!).
'If you're donating via the collection days please bag your items in a green Leave Liverpool Tidy bag (available from Guild and Halls receptions from the start of May) or clearly label your items as a Leave Liverpool Tidy donation so we don't miss it!'
What you can donate:
Yes please
- Clothes
- Jackets
- Accessories
- Shoes
- Book
- Small working electricals
- Plates, cups, cutlery etc
- Food - unopened dried foods, tins and jars still in date
No thank you
- Duvets
- Pillows
- Knives
- Broken or dirty items
Top Tip: Make sure all items are clean and dry ready to be recycled!
💻 Can I donate my tech?
We work with the University’s IT disposal partner Restore Technology to help you sustainably dispose of old personal tech. Just drop your old items to Guild Reception and we’ll donate them. Accepted items include:
- Desktop PCs
- Laptops
- Hard Drives
- Mobile phones
- Tablets, printers
- Audio/visual equipment
- USBs
- Batteries
- headphones
- Televisions
- Peripherals i.e., cables etc
All donated items will be securely wiped by our disposal partner, so it is recommended that any data that may be on them is backed up prior to donation. We can take items in any condition.
If you have any queries about your device and its suitability for collection, please contact: ITDisposalRequest@restore-technology.co.uk
📅 All Year-Round Donations
You can donate your items all year round at the British Heart Foundation banks at Peach Street Car Park, Vine Court, Dover Court and Greenbank Halls.
A fixed donation point is also available in Guild Reception, right at the heart of campus!
You can donate unwanted clothes to the Guild Swap Shop – follow the signs down to the basement or drop them in the green bin at reception. For each item donated you’ll get a token you can use against any other item of clothing in the swap shop.
🏢 Donations from the 9th May: Leave Liverpool Tidy on Tour
You can donate your clothes, accessories, homewares and small electricals to University Halls Reception’s donation points. Each University Hall will also have a separate donation point for tins, jars, dried food and non-perishable food.
The Harold Cohen and Sydney Jones Libraries will also have donation points for books and non-perishable food.
Donate @ Leave Liverpool Tidy Launch: 29th April
Join us in Activity Space 5 11am – 3pm on 29th April to learn more about Leave Liverpool Tidy, grab a donation bag, a sustainable snack and you can donate your unwanted items too!
Alongside the year round donation points you can drop items off in Activity Space 5 between 11am and 3pm every Wednesday from 6th May – 27th May.
🏠 Leave Liverpool Tidy in the Community: 27th & 30th June
We’re bringing Leave Liverpool Tidy to you and making it even easier for you to donate.
If you live in the Smithdown or Kensington area we’ll be hosting local drop off points and doing door to door donation pick ups on 29th and 30th June.
In Smithdown, you’ll find us in ASDA car park 10am – 3pm
In Kensington, you’ll find us at Kensington Fields Community Centre 10am – 3pm
To arrange a collection, please email lgsustainability@liverpool.ac.uk with your address and a contact number by 12pm on 25th June. Please make sure all donations are clearly labelled and ready for collection at 10:30am. Please don’t leave them out overnight!
🚯 What about waste:
We do our best to try and accept as many of your unwanted items but if we can’t collect it there are lots of other options for your donations. Please be mindful of your community and dispose of your items sensibly.
You can view the Liverpool Student Homes guide to moving out here for extra tips here.
- Don’t get caught out: Plan your waste removal before you move out, find out more about how to do that in the council’s Waste Management letter.
- For information about goods that cannot be donated, visit Liverpool Council website for guidance on what can be disposed of in your local bins.
- Not all plastics can be recycled easily. Visit Terracycles website to find drop off points for materials that are not recycled by your local recycling company.
- For bulky items that cannot be donated to British Heart Foundation, visit Liverpool City Council’s website and book a collection.
- Smithdown Asda car park is host to a range of recycling and donation initiatives. If you live in Smithdown area, this is a great place to drop off unwanted items.
- Donated items that cannot be taken by BHF such as bedding are donated to local Salvation Army groups
A Bin-credible year
Now in its 14th year, we want to continue to build on all of the incredible donations and reduce waste in the city even further. Here’s what we achieved last year…
1,494 bags collected across Liverpool.
2166 meals donated tp fareshare (910kg of food)
12,000kgs of items diverted from waste which is the equivalent of 2 African Male Elephants.
£17,175 raised.
Think globally, act locally
🌎 Volunteer with Leave Liverpool Tidy
Leave Liverpool Tidy isn’t just for your donations but also gives you an amazing opportunity to give back to your community and bank some volunteer hours for the Liverpool Advantage Award.
From litter picks to flyering and supporting the Swap Shops, there are lots of ways you can make a difference with LLT.