Yes Kenco coffee packaging can be recycled.

RECYCLED
Where?

• The Green Centre at Brighton Open Market. More details here.

How?
We can accept the following;

• Kenco Eco Refill packs
• Kenco plastic coffee jar lids
• Kenco plastic coffee tin lids
• Kenco coffee individual portion sachets

see Flexible Plastic Packaging 

Yes Kinder Egg & Chocolate packaging can be recycled.

RECYCLED
Where?

• This scheme is run by Terracyle. The nearest public drop off point is Shoreham-by-Sea. Unless you are visiting there anyway this would not be a sustainable option. You can sign up as a private collector with Terracyle.
• Alternatively you can break down the different components as follows:
  
  
  • Flexible plastic packaging and chocolate wrappers can be included in the flexible plastic schemes operated in supermarkets.
  • Aluminium foil can be included in the Green Centre scheme.
  • We are currently researching whether the rigid plastic packaging can be included in the council's hard plastic recycling scheme. 

How?

• Kinder flexible plastic packaging
• Kinder chocolate wrappers
• Kinder aluminium foil packaging
• Kinder rigid plastic packaging
• See a visual here.

DID YOU KNOW?

• The idea for Kinder was born in 1968 in Alba, Italy thanks to Michelle Ferrero and William Salice. Production began in 1974. 
• Three-and-half billion Kinder eggs are sold globally each year.
• Kinder Eggs were banned in the USA. The hollow chocolate egg with the toy surprise inside has not been allowed due to a 1930s law banning candy with non-food objects inside. 

see Wood

Yes kitchen goods can be reused. This includes plates, cups, cutlery, dishes, pots & pans, etc. It is not possible to advise you as to whether your kitchen item can be recycled because they are made from too many different kinds of materials.  

REUSE

• You can donate them to a charity shop.
• You can sell them at a car boot sale or use a number of online platforms including Gumtree, Friday-Ad, Facebook selling pages and other online platforms. 
• You can also give them away for free through Freegle.

No kitchen towels cannot be recycled. Dispose of them in your general waste.

• They are made of thin fibres that make recycling extremely difficult.
• They are very often contaminated with spills or messes, food waste, grease or dirt.
  
  

see Food

See Clothes

Yes knitting machines can be reused.

REUSE

• Your knitting machine can be reused by Workaid.  
• Ideally the donated machine should have instruction books and the basic parts as supplied by the manufacturers. Due to the lack of spare parts Workaid can't accept machines manufactured before 1960.
• So if you have a knitting machine to donate, please phone 01494 775220 or email admin@workaid.org and you will be put in touch with your nearest area organiser.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Workaid tackles poverty in developing countries by supplying disadvantaged people with the tools they need to earn a living.  
• They collect unwanted items from all over the UK, repair them and send them to vocational training projects, mostly in East Africa.  They have an efficient network of 100 volunteers who co-ordinate tools collections.

See Haberdashery

Yes knives can be reused and recycled.

REUSE
Knives come in many different shapes and sizes. Here's what you can do to reuse them.  

• Cutlery - knives which form part of a cutlery set can be reused by donating them to a charity shop.
• Kitchen - sharp knives used for cutting and chopping can be sharpened in order to extend their lives. 
   
  • Dockerills (Brighton) Limited, 3ABC Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UJ offer sharpening services. See here for more details.

RECYCLED
If your knife is broken and no longer able to be used, e.g. e.g broken handle or broken blade, then it can be recycled.

Where?

• The Green Centre at Brighton Open Market. Please include in the scrap metal collection. Please include More details here.

How?

• If it is a sharp kitchen knife used for cutting or chopping please hand it directly to staff . . . carefully.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Most kitchen knives are made from stainless steel. It's tough, rust-resistant, and has an excellent strength-to-weight ratio. 
• Stainless steel is 100% recyclable. The primary alloy elements of stainless steel, which include chromium, nickel, and molybdenum (which give it that shiny finish) are all extremely valuable and can be recovered easily when recycling stainless steel.