Can you recycle musical instruments?

Charities and school music services refurbish donated instruments — even tired ones have parts value. Brass is literal scrap brass at end of life; wooden instruments go in the wood container.

Tips

• Search 'instrument donation' — several UK charities collect by post

Which bin does it go in?

Music charities refurbish almost anything playable; truly dead ones split into wood/metal/general.

Before throwing it away, see reuse, repair and donation routes.

Background: What goes in each household bin?.

Also searched as: guitar, keyboard, violin, brass.