If you have some glasses you do not use anymore and are not one of your favourites then give them to Vision Aid Overseas. All you have to do is leave them at most UK optician branches and they will send them onto the developing world.
For CD's and DVD's the best place to give them is The Royal National Institute for the Blind as they can raise £50 per 100 CD's or DVD's donated.
If you have broken watches, or damaged jewellery then Marie Curie Cancer Care will recycle them for cash.
For electronic goods the 'Rethink Recycling Appeal' collects old mobile phones, DVDs, laptops, electric toothbrushes, printer cartridges, cameras, torches, power tools and other electric devices for reuse and recycling, and then allows you to donate the money they make to a charity of your choice.
If you have a load of old textbooks then READ International will collect them from across the UK and send them out to East Africa.
Batteries can be recycled anywhere that you see the 'Be Positive' sign, including M&S, Argos, Homebase, B&Q and Tesco.
For everything else 'The British Heart Foundation' will come and collect goods for free from your house. Just fill in the online booking form on The British Heart Foundation website.
Another company called 'Stuff U Sell Ltd', will collect junk from anywhere in the UK, or you can send it to them or drop it off at their London warehouse. They will sell what they can on eBay for you, then give the rest to Oxfam or a recycling plant. You will get an inventory of how much they've sold your stuff for, and a cheque, minus their commission (between 10 and 30 per cent) and what they've given to charity. For more details head to Stuff You Sell.
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