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Recycle with us

Wanted: Poverty-busting, cash-raising, life-changing mobile phones, iPods, inkjet cartridges and more… recycle with Oxfam and raise money to fight poverty.

Recycling with Oxfam is easy, great for the environment and won't cost you a penny. We turn every mobile phone you recycle with Oxfam into cash for us to buy vital kit, such as water tanks, wells, tools, seeds, school books - and loads more. All brilliant stuff.

Three ways to recycle mobile phones or inkjet cartridges* with Oxfam

  1. Recycle at any Oxfam shop. Find your local shop

  2. If you're donating more than 20 mobile phones or 50 inkjet cartridges, call 0300 200 1260 to arrange a free courier collection.

  3. Order some recycling bags or simply send them in a jiffy bag to:
    Oxfam Recycle Scheme
    Freepost LON16281
    London,
    WC1N 3BR

*Please note: we can only recycle Lexmark, Hewlett Packard and Dell cartridges - as long as they're not leaking. We only recycle the small cartridges (about 1" square) - not the larger plastic cartridges or the very large laser cartridges.

Recycle your mobile phone for cash

Fonebank provides a simple way to find out the value of your unwanted mobile, trade it in for cash - and make a donation to Oxfam at the same time.

Sell your phone

Recycle and donate company goods

You can recycle and donate company goods, including used toner cartridges, unwanted (but working) computer equipment, and surplus stock.

Recycle and donate company goods

Donate high-value items

Want to donate something out of the ordinary? Jewellery, antiques and even vintage cars have been generously donated to help our life-saving work.

Valued at Oxfam

Donating other goods

Your local Oxfam shop can convert your gifts into cash to fund our work fighting poverty around the world.

How and what to donate to Oxfam's shops

Other ways to donate

Payroll giving

Support our work straight from your pay packet - tax free.

Payroll giving

Donate shares

Donating shares supports our work and may benefit you too.

Donate shares

Oxfam credit card

Use the Oxfam credit card and raise money as you spend. 

Oxfam credit card

What happens next?

Mobile phones get a thorough going over. If they can be refurbished, they'll be repackaged and put to good re-use.

Duds are passed on to specialist recyclers. These people are environment friendly and responsible. They dismantle every part safely - including every bit from the battery - for re-use in the industry.

Inkjet cartridges are turned into… inkjet cartridges!