10/06/2026
Watford Rotary’s Big Giveaway
Members of the public could be forgiven for not believing their eyes when they visited Watford Rotary’s stall on Sunday as part of the councils Big Green Week.
The stall, stocked with 2 van loads of household items which Watford Rotary had been collecting for a year and which were unwanted items by their owners, had been recycled and stored at Storex Watford. Items which were perfectly good but destined for land fill were saved by the Rotarians, displayed on their stall and given away to anyone who wanted them. Crockery, books, CD’s and DVD’s, cutlery, glassware, artwork, you name it, they had it and by 3pm, nearly all of it had gone.
Watford Rotary’s President Ali Irteza stated, "there must have been way over 1,000 items given away, the expressions on peoples faces when we told them it was free was priceless, we even gave them recycled plastic bags to put their items in, we are very grateful to Storex for providing the storage unit, it’s no exaggeration to say we could not have done it without them”.
This is the 3rd year Watford Rotary have participated in the Big Green Week and the most successful yet. All the Rotarians who were up at there crack of dawn to load up the vans and set up the stall, came away with a feeling of accomplishment and the knowledge that their efforts not only made a lot of the Watford Community very happy, but also spread the message of the benefits of recycling.
