Sell your trash for cash

You can de-clutter your home while boosting your bank balance by recycling all sorts of things online for cash. For instance, you can earn over £100 by recycling your old smartphone at Mobile Phone Xchange (though don’t expect more than a few quid for your old Nokia 3120!).
If your house is teeming with clutter you want to get rid of, you can make money by selling almost anything through second-hand site Preloved. Sell off your old furniture, electronics, cars, CDs or pretty much anything you can imagine. Best of all, it's absolutely free to place an ad (there are no listing fees, no selling fees, and no catches). Place a free advert on Preloved here.

You can also make money online by selling stuff to others on Amazon - or you can sell your old books to Amazon itself and get paid immediately in Amazon vouchers.

If you’re a fashionista, you can sell your old clothes through ASOS Marketplace. Or if your house is packed full of old baby toys, clothes and equipment you still haven’t shifted, you’ll find a ready market for your cast-offs at the ‘Nearly New’ sale events that parenting charity NCT regularly hold all over the UK, so there's likely to be one near you soon.

For more ideas on things you can sell – everything from CDs to ink cartridges – see our article 7 things you can recycle for cash.