Sustainable Wimbledon 2023

Top tips to keep things in circulation:

Fill your water bottle at the free refill point or in one of the businesses listed below
Clear out your good condition clothes and household goods and take to one of our many charity shops listed below
Get your clothes repaired at one of Wimbledon’s repair shops
Investigate what happens to clothes if a shop is taking them in for recycling
Take your plastics: BAGS – COFFEE POUCHES – MEDICINE BOTTLES – VAPES to one of the stores listed
Drop good quality toys off at The Entertainer – they get rehomed through The Salvation Army
Buy pre-loved from the range of charity shops in town

Did you know?

The mushroom farm in Centre Court uses leftover coffee for local businesses to feed the funghi and then resells the mushrooms locally!

Charity Shops, they’ve just got a whole lot better – try the revamped Royal Trinity Hospice or British Heart Foundation,  NIAS, Cancer Research, Scope and Oxfam which is celebrating second-hand September this month
Uniqlo – Collection of used Uniqlo clothing through the ‘All-Product Recycling initiative’ wearable items are set aside for reuse while the rest are recycled as industrial fibres and other items. To meet local needs, clothing is sorted into categories including season, gender and size. To refugees, homeless people and others in need. Clothing is delivered in consideration of local needs, climate, culture and religion.
TK Maxx – Donations go towards support Cancer Research for children
H&M – accept bags of clothes

Quality Stitch – they are expert, award winning repairers – they even repair rucksacks!
Timpson’s to reboot your shoes
Wimbledon Dry Cleaners expert on-site tailor, providing specialist repairs and alterations .
Kingsmir Dry Cleaners they offer a range of alterations services and repairs to garments as well as household interior items, including curtains on-site.
Sinclair Jewellers – repairs and restoration – Get in touch with them and request a quote and one of their staff will be in touch with you
Art Jewels – They repair, replace and existing Jewellery – all in house!
Elys – In-Time Watch & Jewellery Repair Service & The Alteration Studio. part of Chambers Bespoke Tailors, offers a range of services.

Beauty-based Plastics facilities – Superdrug, Elys (Clarins Terracycle), Lush (black pots), The Body Shop, Boots
Lush – Bring it back, you can return your lush packaging
Plastic Bags – Wimbledon Food Bank, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, M&S
Medicine Packets – Superdrug (pharmacy counter) The UK’s first medicine packet recycling programme
Plastic Toys – The Entertainer (via The Big Toy Rehoming) The Big Toy Rehoming in partnership
Unwanted toys can be dropped in all year round
VPZ recycle vapes

Take those batteries in – Robert Dyas, Sainsburys, Waitrose, M&S, Morrisons, Ryman, Superdrug, WHSmith, 3 Store
Mobiles, laptops, etc. – Select (Not just Apple products) Apparently, the latest Macbook is made completely out of recycled materials.
Rymans and Robert Dyas – If you buy a new electrical or electronic item from them, they will recycle the one you’re replacing for free.

Brita Filters – Sainsburys, Robert Dyas
Pens – Ryman
Ink Cartridges to raise money for London’s Air Ambulance – NHS South West London just sign up at reception
Toner Cartridges – Ryman
Printer Ink – WHSmith, Ryman
Light Bulbs – Robert Dyas 
Air Filter Cartridges – Robert Dyas
Soda Stream Cylinders – Ryman
Water Filter Recycling – Sainsburys on Worple Road

Every day, delicious, fresh food goes to waste at cafes, restaurants, shops and supermarkets in Wimbledon – just because it hasn’t sold in time.

That’s why Love Wimbledon has teamed up with Too Good To Go.

Simply download the app to receive a Magic Bag full of delicious unsold food from our stores for a reduced price.

Refill your water bottle for free outside Centre Court at the refill station.

Download the Refill App to identify businesses which will fill your bottle for you for free.

Check out the shampoo, shower gel and hand wash refill station in The Body Shop.

And keep an eye on Sustainable Merton’s website to see what other great green reuse initiatives are happening on your doorstep.

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