Find your match

Show your unused items some love and use our new, improved Love Essex search function to see how your items can avoid being thrown away, because let’s face it…. no one likes being dumped!
Green recycling symbol around the BorrowBox logo, on a crumpled paper background.
13 January 2025

Love Essex, go green, get reading!

Working with our colleagues in Essex Libraries, we’ve put together a collection of e-books and e-audiobooks for Essex residents to learn more about waste, recycling, and living a more sustainable lifestyle.

Let's SCRAP fly-tipping!

Find out how to ensure your rubbish is not fly-tipped in Essex, and how to report fly-tipping incidents.
Repair
13 December 2024

The Love Essex Fund returns

Do you run a project or have an idea to reduce waste and encourage reuse in Essex? Read more about our £500 micro-grants, as well as an inspiring success story.

Seven recycling centre employees in their uniform, presented in a gallery layout on a black background.
21 November 2024

Staff abuse at recycling centres

Unfortunately, recycling centre employees across Essex have experienced an increase in incidents of abuse at work. We have created a video entitled 'We are real, we deserve respect' to remind everyone to treat each other with respect and kindness.