Furniture
Many items of unwanted furniture are regularly thrown away when there are ways of reusing and/or redistributing these materials. Local furniture and resource centres can make good use of donated furniture to benefit the local community.
The Furniture Recycling Network (FRN) co-ordinates over 180 centres in England, Scotland and Wales for collecting and redistributing furniture for reuse. Items of a reasonable quality from businesses and households are readily accepted. Furniture is then redistributed to people in need, often people who are setting up home for the first time, such as the homeless or refugees. To check which re-use organisations are in your local area, check our re-use section here
Furniture is a bulky waste and disposal to landfill represents an unsustainable drain on resources.
Another step that can be taken to help the environment is to check that furniture items are made from timber taken from a sustainable forest source. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) can advise on accredited sustainable forests.
Our recycling / disposal advice
Items of household furniture may be able to go to a Household Waste Recycling Centre. Fitted furniture is classed as Construction & Demolition Waste, which the Household Waste Recycling Centres do not have to accept. Please refer to the C&D Waste guidance if you have fitted furniture.
Other non-fitted items can go to one of the Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Use the search below to find where to recycle / dispose of Furniture.