Can you recycle wheelchairs & mobility aids?

NHS-issued wheelchairs, crutches and frames belong to the NHS — return them to the equipment loan service (they're cleaned and reissued; millions of pounds of kit goes unreturned). Privately owned aids: mobility charities and British Red Cross refurbish them.

Tips

• Crutches and walking frames: your local hospital equipment service wants them back

Which bin does it go in?

NHS equipment goes BACK to the NHS loan store; owned aids to mobility charities.

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

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Also searched as: crutches, zimmer frames, mobility scooter.