If you happen to be in North Devon on holiday (or not), it’s worth paying a visit to the Recycling Centre at Killacleave, Ilfracombe, managed by Mark and his friendly team. I kid you not. Okay, so it was really a visit to see my sister, who IS the Recycling Goddess, but there is much to see there and a bargain to be had – from furniture to fish tanks, it’s all neatly displayed for easy browsing and is like an al fresco recycled department store. One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure and this recycling centre certainly is saving a whole load of stuff from going to landfill.
The Recycling Goddess in action – with 2 discerning customers behind her.
There were a lot of potential furniture projects - sadly we didn't have the space to bring them back - but I did come away with a 2006 hardback edition of Bill Bryson’s “Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid” in perfect condition and only 20p.
6 comments:
Oh wow. I would love to have a rummage through all that - it looks fab.
Yes - there was a lovely selection of goodies ... too many to take in really ... just spotted rather a nice glass bowl in one of the photos .. wished I'd seen it when I was there!
I'll definately be visiting there in the summer holidays, must make sure theres plenty of room in the car! Thanks for the info.
I want to go now!!
There is some lovely bits among all those great Pictures. Yummy.
Just to let you all know that all that you saw for sale in those pictures has pretty much been sold already! Apart from me, I`m still there! If you happen to have a resale area in your recycle centre, call in first before heading off to the DIY store. We sell just about everything here, but our best sellers for the summer right now are paint, wood, diy and garden tools,garden furniture(plastic and wood varieties) barbeques, lovely old clay flower pots for a fration of the cost you`d pay for new, books for hol reading, clothes...by the way, dont pay a fortune for new toys for children during the summer hols, when you realise you can grab a second hand bike from as little £5 from us you`ll be back to look for more stuff! Dont have a resale area in your recycle centre? Approach your local County Council and ask why! Thanks Sandie for a wonderful presentation and representation of Killacleave it was lovely of you to come and visit.
Our tip sells nothing, which is a huge shame. This place looks fantastic - I'd do the loong trip down to Devon for a visit here! Loving your blog by the way...I don't know how I've not read it before now!! x
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