freecycle

for getting rid of stuff you no longer want but is too good to send to the tip
http://www.freecycle.org/

If you can't find your local group, it might not be officially linked to the freecycle people - just google it and it may appear...

We just sent an old crt monitor and half a dozen big packing boxes to better homes. yippee. I can reclaim my dressing table from defunct computer parts.