Your Health

Recycling aids and appliances

Aids and appliances (such as wheel chairs, shower chairs, walking frames and sticks, scooters, ramps, hoists, beds etc) can make everyday living much easier for some older people.

These are valuable items, but have you ever wondered about finding a useful purpose for them when they are no longer needed?

If you are planning to dispose of these items, other people may find them very useful.

Many of these items are on loan or hire from organisations (eg Department of Veterans’ Affairs, state subsidy scheme or local area health service) which require that they be returned when they are no longer needed.

But other items may be available for relocating.

They can be donated to your community health centre or hospital for recycling, listed for sale as a second hand item through an Independent Living Centre (ILC), or taken to your nearest second hand shop.

For more information visit the national Independent Living Centres website. There is an ILC in each state and the ACT.