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Choose2Reuse to help Charities, the Environment and your local Community!

What is REUSE?
Reuse and recycling are often considered to be the same, but they are quite different.

Reuse - is taking idle goods and materials and using them in their original form, with possibly just a small amount of repair, either for the same purpose or something different.

Benefits of Reuse

• Saves landfill space
• Doesn't use up energy or raw materials as new products are not being made
• Reduces waste handling and disposal costs
• Generates an income for charities and other social groups
• Helps those that need reused items like schools, community organisations and members of the public
• Creates opportunities for jobs and training

What are the opportunities for Reuse?

The community sector offer many services to the general public including

• Repairing and sending tools and bicycles to third world countries
• Repairing and selling second hand furniture and electrical equipment including computers, washing machines, TV's, tables, chairs, cabinets...
• Selling unused textiles / footwear and books, toys, CD's in local charity shops and at jumble and car boot sales
• Reusing leftover pots of paint

Do you have any of the above items? Then please DONATE them to your local community group or charity shop.

Do you need any of the above items? Please support your local community group or charity shop by buying them from these outlets.

Did you know that there are some amazing things to be found at your local charity shop and furniture project at very reasonable prices! From the obvious of clothes and books, to the more unusual electronic appliances, furniture, crockery, cutlery, bedding, games and toys; there is something for everyone at a bargain price!

Choose2Reuse started in Cambridgeshire in 2004, and has now been expanded to cover Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, with support from the Defra Environment Action Fund.