From pre-loved clothes to reusable cups and beauty empties to upgraded tech and toys, there are numerous ways to recycle your items and get something back, here at Eastgate.
Beauty Recycling Initiatives
The Body Shop
The Body Shop’s social and environmental dimensions are woven into the fabric of the company itself. They are neither first nor last among their objectives, but an ongoing part of everything they do.
Boots
Start you recycle journey and receive £5 worth of points on your Advantage Card when you recycle 5 qualifying items and spend £10 in store.
Blister Pack Recycling – Bring your empty packs into your local store to be recycled. Plus deposit 5 empty packs & unlock 100 advantage card points when you spend at participating stores.
The Perfume Shop
Drop back your empty perfume bottles and get 15% off your next purchase. Plus enjoy the refill service on all Mugler fragrances.
Rituals
Certified B Corp, Rituals are committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 50% in intensity by 2030, versus our 2021 figures, and achieving net-zero by 2050. Plus, join The Refill Movement, Rituals offers a wide range of long-lasting eco-chic refill products which significantly save on materials.
Fashion Recycling Initiatives
White Stuff
Finding a new home for stuff you no longer wear is quite satisfying, right? Well, what if the rehoming was all done for you? Good news. Certified B Corp, White Stuff is linked up with Thrift+, who make donating your clothes a whole lot easier. Plus, you’ll get a £10 voucher from White Stuff and Thrift+ will sell what they can for you.
FATFACE
Certified B Corp, Fatface believes style should be celebrated for seasons – and generations – to come, so they’ve partnered with Thrift+ to offer an easy, innovative way to give unwanted clothes a new lease of life. Thrift+ does its best to sell your items online. If some items don’t pass their quality controls, they will be donated to charity or responsibly recycled, and you’ll get £10 off to spend in-store at Fatface.
M&S
Whenever you place pre-loved clothes and school uniforms in one of their Shwop boxes they’re resold, reused or recycled, so absolutely nothing goes to waste. And now, if you’re a Sparks customer, you’ll get a free treat every time you Shwop. Simply scan the QR code on the top of the Shwop box in the M&S clothing store and the treat will appear in your Sparks hub. All clothing goes to Oxfam and they either resell it in one of their shops or on the Oxfam Online Shop.
Superdry
Superdry knows that fashion makes a statement. Let’s make that statement a force for good. Join them in leaving a better legacy that’s better for the environment. Working with Oxfam, UK in-store customers have the option to donate their clothing for resale and help fund great causes.
H&M
H&M’s Garment Collecting programme has been going since 2013 and we have recycling boxes in our stores across the globe. It works like this: 1. Take any unwanted clothes or textiles, by any brand and in any condition, to one of our stores. 2. Hand in your bag of old clothes at the cash desk and receive a thank-you voucher to use towards your next purchase. Easy!
Donate to Charity Initiatives
Highland Hospice
Donations of quality clothing, bric-a-brac, jewellery, and other items are always welcomed at our Highland Hospice Shop. Your donations will help support the Charity’s amazing work across the Highlands. Find them in Falcon Square.
Rokzkool Academy
Rokzkool Academy helps young people express their creative side and build confidence through music and more. They are starting the ‘Rokzkool Instrument Library’ where children can borrow instruments to play at home and then return and swap if they want to try something different. This enables children to try an instrument without cost being a barrier as well and bringing unused instruments back to life. If you have an unloved, unused instrument you would like to donate, please get in touch.
HALO
Highland Action for Little Ones wants your preloved children’s clothing, toys and books to support their valuable work supporting struggling families across the Highland region. You can donate items at the donation stations in Falcon Gallery.
The Entertainer
The Big Toy Rehoming is back, in partnership with the Salvation Army! Please drop any toys no longer played with into The Entertainer store and they will rehome them via The Salvation Army. Since launching in 2019 they have rehomed over 40,000 toys, preventing them from finding their way into landfill.
Coffee Shops Recycling Initiatives
Costa
Use a reusable and get rewarded. Costa Club members get their free drink faster with a reusable cup. When you use a reusable cup, we’ll give you an extra bean – for free! This means, you only need to buy 5 drinks to get your free one on us.* And the best bit? You can use any reusable cup you like.
Starbucks
By adding 5p to the cost of any drink purchased in a paper cup Starbucks aims to further encourage customers to bring in a reusable cup. The funds raised from the 5p cup charge to all stores in Britain will continue to support recycling and sustainability efforts with Hubbub, with a focus on reducing plastic pollution across the UK and prompting consumers to rethink how we use plastic. Customers using reusable cups already receive a longstanding 25p discount off any Starbucks drink, aimed at reducing paper cup waste.
Technology Recycling Initiatives
O2
Recycling your old phone is straightforward with O2, and you don’t even have to be their network. Since launching O2 Recycle, they’ve paid out over £230 million. With O2 Recycle, you can get a competitive price for your old phone, even if it’s damaged.
Three
Recycle your phone – and grab a reward. Trade in your old devices for cash. You can get a quote in seconds, then post your device to Three for free, and get paid within 24 hours after they receive it.
Or donate your smartphone with Reconnected, you can donate your old phone to help disadvantaged people get connected, with 6 months of unlimited data, calls, and texts on Three. Let go of your old phone. Let someone else love it instead.
EE
Trade in your old device with EE. Do you have an old phone or tablet lying around? When you trade in your old device at EE you can use the value towards things like your early upgrade fee, the upfront cost of your new device, new accessories or use it to pay off your next bill. Alternatively, you could even have the money transferred directly to your bank account.
Select
Goodbye, old friend. Hello, new one. Trade in your old Apple tech for credit. It’s never been easier to trade in your old device in-store and lower the cost of a new one. Visit Select in-store and speak to one of the Apple experts. Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch are eligible for trade-in along with many other brands.
