Where to shop, refill, repair, borrow and recycle in Silsden
(Alternatives: “Buy less, waste less, spend less — your local Silsden guide” · “Not sure where that goes? This guide has the answer”)
Old spectacles, a dead printer cartridge, a handful of empty blister packs, a bag of cables you keep meaning to sort out. Most of us have a drawer — or a whole cupboard — of things we don’t want to bin but don’t know what to do with.
This guide sorts it out. It’s a local directory of everywhere in and around Silsden where you can refill instead of rebuy, repair instead of replace, borrow instead of buy, shop with less packaging, and recycle the awkward stuff that won’t go in your grey bin.
A lot of it will save you money, too. You can refill cleaning products and toiletries — many made right here in Silsden and sold at cost price — for less than buying new bottles each time. The Repair Café will fix your electricals, clothes, bikes and more for free. And there’s plenty you can borrow or pick up second-hand rather than buying new.
What’s inside
- Shops selling fruit, veg and groceries loose or with barely any packaging
- Where to refill cleaning products and toiletries — just bring your own bottle
- The Silsden Repair Café, plus others in Skipton and Eldwick
- Where to borrow tools and equipment instead of buying
- A plain-English A–Z for recycling everything from batteries and bikes to spectacles, sewing machines and even wine corks
Keep it useful
We update the online version every few months so it stays current. If you know somewhere we’ve missed, or spot something that’s changed, email info@climateactionsilsden.org.uk and we’ll add it.
Download the guide (PDF)
Have a browse, or save it to your phone for the next time you’re standing there wondering where something goes.
