- Medical Equipment Recycling

Medical equipment recycling

Surplus medical equipment, no longer needed by the original user, is being thrown out whilst mobility aids are badly needed elsewhere in the world. 

This awareness has come about through t the involvement of two of our club members as regular volunteers at the Red Cross Medical Loans centre in Southampton.  Members of the public have contacted them about items, from sources other than the Red Cross, which are now surplus to their needs

 We have identified a charity, ‘Wheels for the world’, that will take items such as wheel chairs (especially for children) and crutches.     Refurbishing, if needed, is undertaken by prisoners at Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight.    For more details about this charity go to www.throughtheroof.org

 Some equipment has already been collected, and passed on to Wheels for the world.  Our next ask will be to identify other people and organisations who may have mobility aids that are no longer needed – or who know others who do.  As a start we therefore plan to contact District Nurses, local rest homes, and house clearance companies. 

 Care will be taken to ensure that any items which came originally from NHS sources cannot be returned.