Emmaus
Each Emmaus community sets its own list — this entry reflects Emmaus Cambridge as a representative example; check your local community's site.
Baby & children
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Can't accept
Baby walkers and bouncers
Their wording
“Prams, buggies, walkers, cots, baby toys and high chairs”
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Can't accept
Car seats and booster seats
Their wording
“Safety equipment i.e. car seats, bike helmets”
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Can't accept
Cots, carrycots and cot mattresses
Their wording
“Prams, buggies, walkers, cots, baby toys and high chairs”
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Can't accept
High chairs
Their wording
“Prams, buggies, walkers, cots, baby toys and high chairs”
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Can't accept
Prams, pushchairs and buggies
Their wording
“Prams, buggies, walkers, cots, baby toys and high chairs”
Furniture
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Can't accept
Upholstered furniture without a fire label
Their wording
“Furniture without fire labels”
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Check first
Fitted or dismantled flat-pack furniture
Flat-packed furniture only accepted if boxed.
Their wording
“Flat-packed furniture, unless boxed”
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Check first
Large or difficult-to-handle furniture
Large wall units and standalone headboards are refused; bulk office furniture may be accepted by prior arrangement.
Their wording
“Large wall units”
Electrical
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Can't accept
Gas appliances
Their wording
“Flammables, gas cylinders, paints and gas appliances”
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Can't accept
Large appliances and white goods
Specifically excludes American-style, commercial, glass-fronted and integrated fridge freezers.
Their wording
“American style fridge freezers, commercial fridge freezers, glass fronted fridges, integrated fridge freezers”
Safety equipment
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Can't accept
Helmets and safety headgear
Their wording
“Safety equipment i.e. car seats, bike helmets”
Sharps & weapons
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Can't accept
Guns, replica weapons, swords and crossbows
Their wording
“Guns, knives and weapons, replica or otherwise”
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Can't accept
Knives and bladed items
Their wording
“Guns, knives and weapons, replica or otherwise”
Hazardous materials
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Can't accept
Gas bottles, cylinders and camping gas
Their wording
“Flammables, gas cylinders, paints and gas appliances”
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Can't accept
Paint, solvents and household chemicals
Includes flammable liquids.
Their wording
“Flammables, gas cylinders, paints and gas appliances”
Restricted materials
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Can't accept
Ivory, fur and taxidermy
Their wording
“Ivory and real fur items”
Bedding & textiles
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Check first
Duvets and pillows
Only accepted if not soiled or stained.
Their wording
“Soiled or stained duvets and pillows”
Additional source wording
Specific restrictions that have not yet been consolidated into their own item pages:
- Ladders
- Bulk office furniture (unless by prior arrangement)
- Baby toys