01/11/2026
♻️ Recycling ♻️
To make recycling as easy as possible we collect lots of items at Cranleigh Repair Cafe. We do this to increase awareness of what can be recycled and also to save our visitors having to drop different recycling in different places.
Our current collection list is:
Glasses:
• Old spectacles
• Sunglasses
• Glasses cases
Used batteries
Brita water filters
Empty blister packs
Contact lens packaging
Old prescription contact lenses
Pens, felt tips and marker pens
Pencils and crayons
Used plastic and aluminium coffee pods
W**e bottle corks
Milk bottle tops - these are being collected for the Parish Council who give them to The Springboard Project who can raise money from them
Used printer cartridges - these are being collected to raise funds for Surrey Tree Wardens
Clean soft plastics:
• Thin plastic lids of all types
• Kitchen towel, toilet roll, nappy bag, cotton wool wrappers
• Pouches – microwave rice, pre-cooked mussels, petfood, etc
• Fruit & veg nets, bags and wrappers
• Plastic sauce sachets
• Ordinary carrier bags
• Bread bags
• Crisps, nuts, snacks bags
• Bags from cereal and porridge, dried goods (dried fruit, pasta, rice, sugar, pulses, etc), frozen foods and ice cubes, chocolate and sweets bags and wrappers
• Biscuit wrappers
• Cling film
• Pizza wrapping film
• Bread product wrappers from croissants, pancakes, naan bread, pitta bread, garlic bread, fresh pasta
• Wrappers from cheese, pastry, cakes, Yorkshire puddings, baby wipes, meat, poultry and joints, tea and teabags, ground coffee, pies, pastries, sausage rolls, household textiles, scourers, rubber gloves, etc, giftwrap, greetings cards, etc
• Flower wrappers
• Petfood wrappers
The following items are being collected for Rowleys as they can raise money from them:
• Jewellery - unwanted gold and silver, costume jewellery and watches (any condition)
• Coins and currency - any foreign currency of any age
• Stamps - loose and single used stamps, presentation packs, first day covers
• Electrical and electronics - games consoles, games and accessories, old cameras (digital or film), video cameras, mobile phones, iPads, sat navs and MP3 players
♻️ We look forward to welcoming you to the Bandroom in Village Way on the first Saturday morning of each month between 9.30am and 12.30pm.