i just realised this thread is predictably only of any minor interest to locals, but pah! everything should be such 
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i thought a thread might be handy for people who follow the reduce/reuse/recycle mantra. the free shop is wunnerful but lets face it if you put a broken flowerpot or an empty cassete case on there its not going to be given a good home...
so this is for anything that could be potentially useful but isnt to you right now.
i've got quite a lot of plastic bags ( because im a bad person) - are they of any use to anyone?
potential uses - walking holidays where youre hiking through the forested hills of scotland, possibly at the time of the G8, and its pissing it down constantly. you might not have any food for a day or so, but believe me these 'ere bags on your feet (preferably under wet socks rather than over) will make life that little bit more worth living