There is a use for your old bike, even though it may have given up on you! Don't just bung it, donate your bike to a worthy cause and prevent it from ending up in landfill;

Recycle your bicycle

Waltham Forest
East London scheme to give your old bikes up for recycling and people can also  learn how to work fix your bike for a minimum cost
Bike recycling
A directory of places to recycle your bikes, along with community projects, training and not for profit businesses for old bikes
Re-cycle
A place in Colchester Essex to donate your old bike. The bikes are then made good and shipped to Africa to help people such as children who have to walk very long distances to school each day to make the journey more enjoyable and fun. Or  for women who have to walk long distances in search of water
Wandsworth cyclists
Look under recycling on this page for a link where people can donate has-been bikes for wandsworth young offenders. The youths do up the bikes and give them to people in the borough who are keen to start cycling but do not have the funds to buy a bike themselves
Bikeworks
Recycles old bikes selling them to the public or giving them to people in the community