How Can I Recycle My Old Ceramic Bathroom Tiles?

How can I recycle old ceramic bathroom tiles?

I have just refurbished my bathroom. The glue holding on the old tiles was so weak that nearly all those tiles not already falling off came off intact. As a result, I now have a large number of tiles which could be cleaned up and re-used.
Sue, Surrey.

Bathroom tiles are considered to be architectural rubble for disposal purposes, so not only are they difficult for an individual to dispose of, and it also seems a waste to throw out a set of perfectly good tiles.

One possibility, if they were modern and of good quality or of historic interest would be to sell them to an architectural salvage company - try Salvoweb for somewhere near to you.

Another would be to advertise them on your local Freecycle website .

Swindon Scrapstore can use almost anything for arts and crafts with children. There are many organisations that collect items for craft and there may be one near you.

If you know of anyone who makes mosaics, they might be interested in using the tiles too.

Can you help? Do you know of any organisations that will accept used tiles? Can your charity make use of them? If so please contact us and we will include the information on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Do you have a question on recycling for Reduce Reuse Recycle? Ask Us!

©Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 2005 - 2008
www.reducereuserecycle.co.uk