If you would like to find something a new home

• for furniture and electrical goods that can be re-used consider the  British Heart Foundation shop in George Street. They will even come and collect from you.
• for smaller items, there are plenty of charity shops, including Croydon Animal Samaritans, 136 Cherry Orchard Road. And last time I looked, there was a collection point for Green World Recycling next to the Glamorgan on Cross Road.
• if you don’t mind waiting for a while, you could even try Croydon Freecycle.

If something is really unusable

• there’s a neighbourhood recycling centre for glass, paper/card, plastic packaging (including bottles), shoes, textiles and cans in the car park of the Co-op, 311 Lower Addiscombe Road 
• our nearest large recycling centre is on Factory Lane
• for many large unwanted items, you can book a collection from Croydon Council,  just £10 for the up to seven of them.

And the nearest place for recycling your (real) Christmas tree is probably Ashburton Park, but it must be before 13 January.