Recycling for Charity: old and broken jewellery
This page lists charities and other organisations collecting old and broken jewellery, or bits of jewellery.
If any details are incorrect or you know of any other groups collecting them, please leave a comment below and I’ll update the listings.
| Who wants it | Why | Country | Contact details |
| Marie Curie Cancer Care |
All the donations are processed by a professional recycling company. They hand sort every donation and either sell on the valuable pieces, or break-up/melt-down damaged items, and the residue is sold to a specialist scrap merchant. Anything is acceptable – damaged pieces, odd ear rings, stopped watches, snapped chains, costume jewellery or the real stuff. |
UK |
Marie Curie Cancer Care (Yes, that is all you need for the address for posting in the UK apparently) |
| Oxfam |
Oxfam are having a “Jewellery Amnesty” to celebrate the Diamond Anniversary of their first shop and want any jewellery – costume or fine – whether it’s broken, damaged or as new. Valuable items are auctioned off and other items are either sold in the charity’s shops or broken down for scrap. |
UK |
For valuables: Call 0845 6033647 (standard office hours), email, or write to Valued at Oxfam, 34a New Broadway, Ealing, London, W5 2XA. Less valuable items can be handed in at their charity shops. |
- Find out how to recycle other things for charity with the Recycle This Recycling for Charity Directory
Could you please advise us of who to contact re the recycling of costume jewellery. We are a registered Charity with 4 shops and are currently looking into recycling different products.
Please help if you can!
Hi My name is Jacqueline Brill, I recycle and make jewellery using only recycled items. I mainly use broken items, brooches that are broken, old beads, odd earrings, chain old buttons, anything really. I currently collect from local charity shops and give a donation. If they can’t sell it they get 50p per kilo, I give about
more than that. I would also cover the cost of the postage. if you are interested pls reply jacquelinebrill@googlemail.com Many thanks.
good post………………….
During July 2011 Currys, PC World and British Heart Foundation are accepting s/h small electrical goods ie hairdryers, bread makers etc in their shops for BHF to sell in their furniture/electrical stores. Larger items can be collected by BHF by arrangement…cookers, TV with scart sockets etc.