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December 8, 2008 by  
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If you have old or unwanted items that are still in good condition, consider giving them to someone or donating them to charity. You can give it away through the following ways:

1. Give Away Online

The Singapore Freecycle Network is part of the global Freecycle movement that allows anyone to give away or receive items for free on Yahoo! Groups.

Pass It On is a Central CDC initiative that allows the public to donate unwanted household items in good working condition to Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs).

YouSwop is an online community that allows people to exchange items for something they need for free.

2. Give to Charity

The Salvation Army operates Family Thrift Stores that receives donations-in-kind from the public and companies, and resells them to support social programmes. You can find a list of the locations of Family Thrift Stores and donation bins at the Salvation Army website.

The Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery operates the 88 Recycling Kiosk where volunteers sort out, repair, and repack all the collected items from the public. Items that are acceptable include TV sets, hi-fi sets, radio sets, electric fans, PCs (CPU, monitor only), shoes, belts, soft toys, newspapers, books, wheelchairs, and walking aids.

The Tzu Chi Recycling Station and the monthly Recycling Day collects items like clothes, electrical appliances, school bags, leather, belts, shoes, soft toys, CDs, etc.

You can also visit the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) website and search the eMatch service for donation needs by non-profit organisations.

3. Use the Recycling Programme

Old clothing and soft toys or electrical items can be placed in the recycling bags or bins under the National Recycling Programme. These items are usually sold by the recycling collectors. Contact your recycling collector to check what used items can be placed inside the recycling bag or bin.

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7 Comments on "Give It Away"

  1. Lawrence Lim on Sun, 18th Oct 2009 5:03 pm 

    I have hundreds of old radio cassette tape. Who can i contact to dispose them. I need them to collect and i don’t mind giving it away free.

  2. Eugene on Mon, 19th Oct 2009 9:32 am 

    Hi Lawrence

    Sorry, we are not sure as to who will collect the tapes specifically. Maybe you can try to contact some of the plastic collectors in the NEA list: http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics_collectrade.aspx or try placing them on Freecycle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SgFreecycle/.

  3. Daisy on Thu, 16th Sep 2010 4:24 am 

    Hi Lawrence, do u still haf them? I would like to collect n use them for some diy home projects.

  4. What Happens to the Used Bulky Furniture and Items Collected by the Cleaners From the Housing Estates in Singapore | Zero Waste Singapore on Tue, 1st Feb 2011 5:02 pm 

    [...] and refurbishment. If you have used furniture in good condition to throw away next time, consider giving them away at Freecycle, or to Salvation Army and Pass It [...]

  5. joey on Sat, 23rd Jul 2011 6:47 am 

    Hi, i need to get rid of my electric organ by this weekend. Its not working very well. how can i recycle this bulk and heavy item? Thanks

  6. Eugene Tay on Fri, 29th Jul 2011 11:04 am 

    Hi joey, try checking with the electrical items collectors at http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics_collectrade.aspx

  7. Old Computer on Sat, 20th Aug 2011 7:38 pm 

    I collect unwanted old / damaged and discarded desktop and laptop computers. In return, I do a free service to transfer the data from your old harddisk to your thumb drive and destroy your harddisk in your presence. This is important as your hard drive would likely contains years of your private and confidential documents that cannot be erased even if you reformat it and if landed in the wrong hand, including some recyclers, may cost you dearly.

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