All items · Hazardous materials
Petrol and diesel items
Also covers: petrol lawnmower, strimmer, chainsaw, jerry can, generator
Can you donate petrol and diesel items to a UK charity shop? Usually not.
The short answer
Almost all say no
Of the 153 UK charities we track, 31 say no and 1 may accept in some cases.
Evidence last verified
Why shops may refuse it
Fuel residue makes engines a fire risk in storage and transport.
What to do instead
Ask the intended shop before draining it. If draining is appropriate, use a suitable approved fuel container and contact your council for the local hazardous-waste route; never pour fuel into a drain or onto the ground. Then use an appropriate machinery or household waste recycling service.
Charity by charity
32 mentions-
Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled garden equipment”
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Can't accept
Also petrol or diesel-fuelled DIY/garden tools.
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel powered items”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“petrol or diesel fuelled items”
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Can't accept
Listed among flammable items along with firelighters and fireworks.
Their wording
“petrol or diesel”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel garden tools such as lawn mowers”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled garden tools”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol fuelled garden equipment including strimmer’s, chainsaws and lawnmowers”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“petrol, oil or diesel-fuelled items”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol powered tools.”
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Can't accept
Refers to the fuel and fuelled equipment named in this list.
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“Flammable items such as firelighters, barbeque lighting tools, spray paint, fireworks, fuel and fuelled equipment”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled garden tools such as lawn mowers”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Things that need fuel or gas”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled garden tools such as lawn mowers”
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Can't accept
Same rule as oil heaters, also covers petrol/diesel-fuelled items generally.
Their wording
“Oil heaters, petrol or diesel fuelled items (safety reasons).”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“petrol or diesel fueled garden tools such as lawn mowers”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“petrol or diesel fueled garden tools”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“petrol/diesel tools”
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Can't accept
Shown when searching 'Petrol or Diesel Powered Garden Tools'.
Their wording
“Thank you for thinking of us. Unfortunately, we’re unable to accept this item for health and safety reasons. We can’t guarantee to our customers that second-hand safety equipment is still fully protective or hasn’t been damaged before.”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled garden tools including lawn mowers, strimmers etc.”
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'Petrol-fuelled garden tools' not accepted.
Their wording
“Electrical goods: That haven’t been PAT tested, and excluded items like electric blankets, oil-filled radiators and petrol-fuelled garden tools.”
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Can't accept
Petrol or diesel fuelled garden equipment listed under items the charity cannot take.
Their wording
“Mobility equipment or aids e.g. commodes, fire extinguishers or fire safety equipment, pillows and duvets, petrol or diesel fuelled garden equipment”
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Can't accept
Petrol/diesel garden tools specifically.
Their wording
“Petrol/diesel garden tools, candles without instructions”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled garden tools including lawn mowers, strimmer's etc.”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fueled garden tools such as lawn mowers”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel-fuelled garden tools, such as lawn mowers”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled garden tools such as lawnmowers.”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled garden tools, for example lawn mowers, strimmers”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol or diesel fuelled items”
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Can't accept
Covers petrol lawn mowers.
Their wording
“Cookers, gas fires or gas appliances, oil burners, heaters, petrol lawn mowers”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Any gas or petrol appliances”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Petrol/diesel-fuelled items.”
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Not mentioned in 121 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Acorns Children's Hospice
- Age UK
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnardo's
- Barnsley Hospice
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- Butterfly Hospice Trust
- Butterwick Hospice
- Children's Hospice South West
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- DEBRA
- Demelza Hospice Care for Children
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw, Cumbria's Children's Hospice
- Ellenor
- Emmaus
- FARA Charity Shops
- Farleigh Hospice
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Great Oaks Hospice
- Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
- Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
- Helen & Douglas House
- Highland Hospice
- Hope House & Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices
- Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland
- Hospice in the Weald
- Hospice Isle of Man
- Hospice of the Valleys
- Jersey Hospice Care
- Julia's House
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Katharine House Hospice, Banbury
- Keech Hospice Care
- KEMP Hospice
- Lindsey Lodge Hospice
- LOROS Hospice
- Marie Curie
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- Mountbatten Isle of Wight
- Moya Cole Hospice
- Naomi House & Jack's Place
- North Devon Hospice
- North London Hospice
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Overgate Hospice
- Oxfam
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Phyllis Tuckwell
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
- Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
- Rotherham Hospice
- Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire)
- St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Crawley)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire)
- St Christopher's Hospice
- St Clare Hospice
- St Columba's Hospice
- St Cuthbert's Hospice
- St David's Hospice Care
- St Giles Hospice
- St Helena Hospice
- St John's Hospice (London)
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice (Harrow & Brent)
- St Luke's Hospice Basildon & Thurrock
- St Luke's Hospice Plymouth
- St Luke's Hospice, Sheffield
- St Margaret's Hospice Care (Somerset)
- St Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Peter & St James Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- St Vincent's Hospice
- St Wilfrid's Hospice
- Strathcarron Hospice
- Sue Ryder
- The Kirkwood
- The Myton Hospices
- The Prince of Wales Hospice
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Traid
- Treetops Hospice Trust
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)