Can you recycle tents & camping gear?

A usable tent is gold to homelessness charities and refugee organisations. Broken tents are unrecyclable laminated nylon — general waste. Never abandon tents at festivals; most 'left for charity' tents are landfilled.

Tips

• Gift Your Gear and local homeless shelters take camping kit year-round

Which bin does it go in?

Donate working tents (homeless charities and festivals reuse schemes); broken ones are general waste.

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

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