West London residents will have the opportunity to get rid of their clutter and unwanted Christmas presents and take home what they really need at a series of 'Stuff for Free' events throughout January.

Vision Warehouse 15, on Kendal Avenue in Acton, will be the site of these unique community events - where people can drop off any unwanted items and those who are feeling the pinch after Christmas can pick up household items they may need.

Furthermore, they will be helping the environment. By re-using things instead of throwing them away, residents will be helping to save landfill space, reduce fly-tipping, and preserve valuable resources.

From the 12th to 22nd of January from 8am - 12pm (9am - 3pm weekends) residents and businesses alike can bring along any unwanted items that are still in good enough condition for others to want and use; this can include books, furniture, gadgets, and other household items. Both broken and working electrical items will be accepted, thanks to DHL Envirosolutions, who will take away all the broken electrical equipment to be recycled.

Then from the 27th - 29th January from 9am - 3pm, after a team of volunteers have sorted through the donated stuff, anyone can come along and take the items that they want, for free.

These events are facilitated by a partnership of the London Re-use Network, Furnish (who will have discount furniture available), Shepherd's Bush Housing Group, Healthy Planet, and the West London Waste Authority.

Healthy Planet are running the events to raise awareness of environmental issues and reduce the amount of unwanted goods going to landfill. Shaylesh Patel, founder of Healthy Planet, said: ''Stuff for Free encourages re-use and reduces landfill so you'll be helping the environment and helping yourself. This is an exciting development and the largest-scale one in the country. Redistributing was the most difficult and the forgotten 'R' in the reduce-reuse-repair-recycle [hierarchy]. It comes first out of what should be known as the environmental 5 'Rs'. It reduces resource use on new stuff and encourages re-use before the item needs to go for recycling.

Full details, including directions to the venue, can be found at: www.stuffforfree.org.uk.