Donation and Recycling Resources
Item Type | Resource Information |
Appliances | Habitat for Humanity (donate), Best Buy (recycle) |
Arts and craft items | Check with your local school or after school program |
Baby supplies | Hope House (maternity home/pregnancy crisis resource center)1567 N. Eastman Rd. Kingsport |
Batteries | Batteries Plus Bulbs, Lowe’s, Home Depot |
Bedding and linens | Animal shelters |
Books | Kingsport Library, Book Rack (JC), Mr. K’s (JC) |
Building materials | Habitat for Humanity, Landfill |
Car Recycling | The Clunker Junker |
Cell phones | Cell Phones for Soldiers (local drop-off locations), Best Buy or Home Depot (recycle) |
Clothing | Consignment shops, Church clothes closets |
Dresses (formal; ex. prom dresses) | YWCA in Bristol |
Electronics (TV, phone, computer, tablet, music, movies, video games, etc.) | Best Buy/Office Depot (they charge for this), Free drop-off at Convenience Station 1921 Brookside Lane in Kingsport |
Eyeglasses | Lions Club (drop-off locations LensCrafters in Town Center Mall, Walmart Vision Center, many others) |
Furniture | First Broad St. United Methodist |
Hauling and junk removal | JDog Junk Removal and Hauling |
Hazardous materials | Sullivan Co. yearly hazardous materials collection |
Large trash items (too big for trash can) | Call City of Kingsport to schedule pick-up |
Light bulbs | Batteries Plus Bulbs, Lowe’s |
Linens (old comforters, towels, etc.) | Animal shelters |
Luggage | H.O.P.E. (Help Our Potential Evolve): Drop off at Just Store It, 1909 Fort Henry Dr. Kingsport, TN |
Magazines | Military troops, nursing homes, shelters |
Mattresses | Goodwill (if not stained or ripped) |
Medical equipment | Hope Community Church (locations in Allandale, Rogersville, and Bulls Gap)
Healing Hands Health Center in Bristol (some medical and dental supplies; call before bringing) |
Medication | Friends in Need (Unopened unexpired medications only) |
Medication disposal | Kingsport Justice Center or Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office |
Paint | Use cat litter or packets of paint hardener to dry, put in trash; Sullivan Co. yearly hazardous materials collection |
Pallets (wood) | Lowe’s |
Pet supplies | Animal shelters |
Plastic shopping bags | Walmart, Food City, Kroger, etc. |
Printer cartridges | Cartridge World Kingsport |
Shoes | Athletic shoes (gently worn) – Fleet Feet; All shoes (new or gently worn) – Church clothes closets, Soles4Souls (mail) |
Shredding services | Bank free shred days, Office Depot |
Stuffed animals, toys | Marine Corps Toys for Tots |
Video games | GameStop |
Other notes:
Scheduled pick-up of items is provided by Good Samaritan Ministries, Goodwill, Holston Habitat for Humanity, Hope Helps, Salvation Army; call for details.
Hope Helps in West Kingsport: accepts donations of just about anything and distributes to the less fortunate; they also donate food
Holston Habitat for Humanity: accepts donations of gently used furniture, appliances, housewares, electronics, and building materials. Clothing is not accepted.
Hope Haven Ministries (Dale St. in Kingsport): toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning products, trash bags, hygiene items for males/females
Hope House (Maternity home, crisis pregnancy resource center): Diapers, wipes, formula (Similac), paper towels, laundry detergent, trash bags, shampoo and conditioner, toiletries, body wash, car seats, infant gas drops
Family Promise Kingsport (Holston St. in Kingsport; formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network): deodorant, family-size shampoo, hair brushes, Kleenexes, paper plates, paper towels, napkins, plastic forks and spoons, dish and laundry detergent, business-size envelopes, ink pens, Post-it notes, highlighters, and letter-size file folders
JDog Junk Removal and Hauling: A Veteran-owned business that takes everything except for hazardous chemicals. They recycle, reprocess, and repurpose as much of the material as possible through relationships with charities, community groups, and recyclers. Call 1.844.get.jdog for a free estimate.
Goodwill: Does not accept: TVs, computer, baby equipment; will take mattresses (if in good condition)
Oasis of Kingsport (Sullivan St. in Kingsport; women’s ministry): paper goods, laundry supplies, bottled water, individual microwave frozen meals, cleaning products, office supplies, pre-packaged snacks