Wooden chair or small furniture

Also called: wooden chair, wooden table, shelf, bookcase, bedside table, chest of drawers

Recycling centre

National rules. Choose your council to see its answer.

Your council's answer

The answer can differ by council. Choose your council to see its rules for this item.

How to prepare it

  1. Donate usable furniture to a reuse charity
  2. Take to the tip's wood skip

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National rules

The answer isn't the same in every UK nation. Choose your council to see the one that applies to you.

England and Wales

Recycling centre

Not in any home bin. Take it to a household waste recycling centre.

Take wood to the tip's wood skip, or donate usable furniture to a reuse charity.

Also: Drop-off point

Scotland and Northern Ireland

Recycling centre

Not in any home bin. Take it to a household waste recycling centre.

Take wood to a recycling centre, or donate usable furniture to a reuse charity.

Also: Drop-off point

How to recycle it

National schemes.

National scheme

BHF free furniture and electrical collection

Free · Free collection

The British Heart Foundation picks up furniture and working electricals from your home for free and sells them in its furniture stores. Put your postcode into its booking page to see if it collects near you.

  1. Enter your postcode on BHF's collection page to check it collects in your area, then fill in the form with your items, a preferred date and your address
  2. Your local BHF store gets in touch within 5 working days to agree a date. You must be over 18
  3. Sofas, mattresses and other upholstered furniture need their fire safety label attached, with no rips
  4. Items must be clean, complete and, for electricals, working, or the van crew won't take them
  5. BHF can't take washer-dryers, some washing machines, cots, prams or oil-filled heaters without a thermostat

Available in England, Wales, Scotland.

Source: bhf.org.uk, checked 24 Oct 2026.

National scheme

Sue Ryder free furniture collection

Free · Free collection

Sue Ryder picks up furniture and small electricals from your home for free and sells them in its shops. Put your postcode into its booking page to see if it collects near you.

  1. Enter your postcode and address on Sue Ryder's collection page. If it collects there, say what you're giving and pick a date
  2. Sue Ryder gets back to you to confirm the date
  3. Sofas and other upholstered furniture need a fire safety label, and items must be in a condition it can sell
  4. It can't take white goods such as fridges or washing machines

Available in England, Wales, Scotland.

Source: sueryder.org, checked 24 Oct 2026.

National scheme

Barnardo's free furniture collection

Free · Free collection

Some Barnardo's stores pick up good-quality furniture from your home for free. Its furniture store finder lists the ones that do.

  1. Find your nearest Barnardo's store that collects using its furniture store finder, then call the store to book a date
  2. Sofas, armchairs and large soft furnishings need their fire safety labels attached
  3. It takes living room, dining, bedroom and garden furniture, bed frames, and electrical appliances that work
  4. It can't take white goods, mattresses, microwaves, electric heaters, lawnmowers or anything damaged or faulty

Find your nearest drop-off point

Source: shop.barnardos.org.uk, checked 24 Oct 2026.

National scheme

British Red Cross furniture collection

Free · Free collection

Some British Red Cross shops pick up furniture and electricals from your home. Ring your local shop, or one of its furniture and electrical shops, to ask.

  1. Find a Red Cross furniture and electrical shop, or your local Red Cross shop, and call to ask whether it can collect
  2. Sofas, armchairs, beds, bookcases, TVs and lamps are all welcome
  3. It doesn't take or collect mattresses, duvets or pillows, and it can't take microwaves or electric heaters

Find your nearest drop-off point

Source: redcross.org.uk, checked 24 Oct 2026.

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