Hair
Hair can be composted or dug into the garden.
Handkerchiefs
Buy a supply of cotton hankies and use these rather than paper tissues.They take up very little space in a load of washing and it avoids the energy costs associated with manufacturing, packaging and transporting paper tissues.
Hangers
- Do you really need the hangers offered to you when buying clothes?
- Refuse the shop’s plastic hangers (they will be reused) and invest in some long lasting wooden hangers for your wardrobe instead.
- Ask at your dry cleaners if they would like the hangers given out with dry cleaning returned, many will take them back for reuse.
Hearing aids
Send hearing aids to Help the Aged, who will send them to India: Help the Aged Hearing Aid Appeal, FREEPOST LON1316, London, N1 9BR.
Household items (crockery, cutler, pots and pans, duvets, bed linen, etc.)
Unwanted household items in good condition such cutlery, crockery, saucepans, mugs and tumblers, duvets and bedlinen, towels, curtains, electrical items in good working order such as lamps, microwaves, kettles, toasters and decorative items can be donated to Starter Packs Glasgow.
- Contact Starter Packs Glasgow: Tel: 0141 440 1008; email: administrator@starterpacks.org.
- Household items can also be taken to charity shops although many do not accept electrical goods.
- You can also send your items to Glasgow Furniture Initiative: Tel: 0141 336 6286.
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