Penallta Reuse Shop celebrate more success.
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Penallta Reuse Shop opened in partnership with South Wales based charity, Wastesavers Charitable Trust Ltd. in October 2022. The shop provides an opportunity for items once destined for the Household Recycling Centre to be reused and sold at bargain prices.
Since opening, the Shop has gone from strength to strength, not only diverting items from the waste stream, but also joining forces with local projects and charities to offer community projects. These include a partnership with mental health charity Growing Space to run a recycling programme that delivers new skills, employment support, and volunteer opportunities for residents across the borough, and partnership with Caerphilly Uniform Exchange to offer pre-loved school uniforms to Caerphilly County Borough residents free of charge.
The social enterprise is now celebrating being the top-performing reuse shop in the Wastesavers catalogue, in terms of diverting items from the waste stream, with an average of 550 items being diverted every week!
Wastesavers currently have nine Reuse Shops in operation throughout South Wales.
Councillor Chris Morgan, Cabinet Member for Waste, Leisure & Green spaces said: “When we opened Penallta Reuse Shop in 2022, it was important to us that the Shop became a social asset, demonstrating the social and economic benefits that reuse has on a community.
“We are thrilled to say that we have been able to achieve this with the various community projects that Penallta Reuse Shop has to offer, whilst also being able to make real strides in diverting goods from the waste stream.
“I would like to thank all of those involved in this project, you have all played a part in making Penallta Reuse Shop the success it is.”
Penny Goodwin CEO Wastesavers Charitable Trust said “We are proud to be part of Caerphilly’s work to increase the circular economy.
“As an environmental charity, our aims are to reduce what we throw away and to put these items to use in our local community. The Penallta Reuse Shop has done just that, diverting around three tonnes a month from disposal and supporting many local families and community groups.
“We would like to thank all those residents of Caerphilly for donating their items to us rather than throwing them away, and a big thanks must go to our staff and tremendous volunteers who work so hard finding treasures in the donations every day”.
Penallta Reuse Shop is located at Penallta Industrial Estate, South Road, Hengoed, CF82 7ST and is open seven days a week, 9:00 – 4:00.
