Preloved Goods Donation Day

Drive through to drop off your pre-loved goods

Introducing our first-ever Preloved Goods Donation Day! This free drive-through event gives you a meaningful way to declutter your home, keep unwanted items out of landfill and help charities supporting people in need.

This event is a great opportunity to do a good deed on your Saturday by donating your no longer used and still in good condition electrical and household items to charities.

How to get involved

• Book your spot: pick an available 10-minute slot between 9 am and 1 pm.

• Prepare your donations: check the full list of items we’ll accept in good condition in the list below.

• On the day: drive through at your booked time with your items in your car, ute, or trailer - our team will handle the rest.

What items can be donated

We will only accept items in good condition. When looking at what items you can donate, apply the rule of thumb: if the item is still in good enough condition that you’d give it to a friend, then it's good enough to donate.

Accepted items in good condition

• Bed frames (dismantled)

• Bicycles (children's and adult)

• Bicycles parts and tools

• Car restraints (manufactured after 2017 only)

• Children's books, games and puzzles

• Children’s small toys (non-battery operated) - excludes soft toys.

• Clothing (please separate children’s and adult clothing into separate boxes or bags for donation as they will be given to different charities)

• Clothing accessories (adult only) - including hats, shoes, bags and jewellery

• Cots (dismantled) (manufactured after 2008 only)

• Digital TVs

• Dining tables and chairs (sets only)

• Fans

• Fridges

• Heaters

• Kitchen appliances (only toasters, kettles, sandwich presses, stick blenders, rice cookers, slow cookers, air fryers)

• Kitchen items (utensils, cutlery sets, bakeware, dinner sets, glassware sets, and mug sets)

• Kitchen cookware (pots and pans)

• Lamps

• Laptops with chargers

• Laptop chargers (donated without laptop)

• Microwaves

• Mobile phones and chargers

• Prams

• Tablets and iPads

• Vacuums

• Washing machines

What's not accepted for donation

• Broken, damaged and dirty items.

• Any items not listed in the accepted list above.

Where donated items go

Your donations will be gratefully received by our partnering charities, including:

• Australian Red Cross

• Brainwave Bikes

• Dr Cranky's

• Eastern Emergency Relief Network (EERN)

• Glee Givers

• Our Village

• Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network (RIMERN).

Booking information

If all available time slots fill up, please register to join the waitlist.

You don’t need to be a Boroondara resident to book in.

Future events

For updates about future donation, recycling and reuse community initiatives, please sign up to our Living For Our Future e-newsletter. You can also donate items directly to our partnering charities.

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact our Circular Economy team by calling 9278 4444 or emailing environment@boroondara.vic.gov.au.

Privacy: The personal information required for this booking is necessary for us to keep you informed about the event or event cancellations. Any other information requested is optional and will be used only to help us evaluate our program and plan future events.