What can I donate?
What Can I Donate?
We gratefully accept the following new or gently-used items in reusable condition:
- Clothing and accessories
- Shoes
- Books, media
- Household items
- Jewelry, antiques and collectibles
- Electrical items
- Toys and games
- Computers and computer equipment/accessories in working and non-working condition
- Furniture (except unassembled furniture, pianos, organs and hospital beds)
For the safety of our customers and staff, there are some items we cannot accept:
- Building materials (check with Habitat for Humanity of Dane County’s Habitat Restore to donate building materials)
- Infant furniture/seats: including cribs, car seats, strollers, hi-chairs, changing tables, swings, bouncers and walker/jumpers
- Large appliances
- Mattresses, box springs and hospital beds
- Non-LED bulbs
- Unassembled furniture, pianos and organs
- Paint, chemicals or other hazardous materials
- Recalled products (updated recall information is available through The Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Electronics Recycling
Through a partnership with the Dell Reconnect Program, we recycle electronics for FREE, responsibly, and safely year-round at all of our South Central locations EXCEPT at the Outlet.
We accept electronic products of any brand in any condition, including non-working equipment:
- Any USB device (anything else with a USB cable)
- AC Adapters
- Battery Backup Units
- Battery — Lithium and Nickel (anything not vehicle related)
- Cables and wires (any form)
- Cameras and camcorders
- Computers, laptops, and all related items, components, and parts including empty PC cases
- CRT Monitors/TVs (modern flat screen TVs)
- Floppy Disks
- Hard Drives
- Mice
- Modems, routers, and docks
- Phones, tablets (any handheld devices)
- Printers of any size, printer ink, toners (If leaking, please put in bag)
- RAM/Memory Sticks
- Scanners
- Shredders
- Speakers
- Record players and stereo equipment
- VCRs and DVD players
- Video games/gaming systems
We cannot accept:
- Large appliances including air conditioners, dehumidifiers, microwaves, air fryers, toasters, stoves, ovens, and other cooking appliances, refrigerators of any kind and size, vacuum cleaners, lamps and any form of lightbulb
Contact your local municipality for additional resources to responsibly dispose of items that cannot be donated.
Columbia County
Dane County
Dane County/Madison Clean Sweep
Fitchburg
Fort Atkinson
Grant County (608-723-2675)
Jefferson County (920-674-7101)
Madison
Madison/Dane County Clean Sweep
Dane-County-Clean-Sweep-Aug-2024.pdf (danecounty.gov)
Middleton
Monona
Platteville (608-348-9741)
Portage (608-742-2176)
Richland Center
Richland County
Stoughton
Sun Prairie
FREE Electronics Recycling Saturday Drive 2025
Goodwill of South Central Wisconsin is hosting electronic recycling drives at each Goodwill location from now until mid-September–click the link below to find out when and where an E-Cycling Saturday is scheduled near you! Know that we do take electronic donations at any time of the year at all locations, excluding the Outlet.
Donate Your Vehicle
https://www.goodwillcardonation.org/
877-808-8990
Need a hand?
If you are low on time or have too many large items to fit in your car, book a pick-up appointment and let ReSupply do the heavy lifting. Goodwill of South Central Wisconsin has partnered with ReSupply in our local area to offer a low-cost solution for quick and easy-pickup of your donations.
Thanks to your donations, we keep over 15.6 million pounds of clothing and household items out of the landfill every year through responsible recycling and materials management.