donate a bike
What happens to your donated bicycle?
The foundation of our project is refurbished bikes. We are so grateful for every pre-loved donated bike we receive. Our mechanics thoroughly check over each bike donated and where possible, we aim to restore your bike to it’s former glory. When we can’t, we strip the bike for its parts, reuse as many of them as we can and then take the rest to metal recycling using our E-Cargo Bike.
The carbon footprint of a bicycle
It is a hard task to calculate the carbon savings of refurbishing bikes. However, there are a few reliable figures that help to build a picture and calculate your carbon saving. The European Cycling Federation and Trek say that the production of a new basic model bicycle emits around 96-100 kg of CO2e.
So, every time someone donates us a bicycle and we refurbish it for resale that’s:
Got a bike that you would like to donate?
Thank you for thinking of us!
Please send us an e-mail to info@lochaberenviro.org.uk with some pictures of the bicycle.