Coming soon :- Eco Treasures (Albion’s charity shop) selling and re-selling goods that will not harm our beautiful planet and could otherwise end up in landfill sites.
Did you know that Around 1.75m tonnes of clothing and textile waste is created in the UK each year and 1.2m tonnes of it ends up in landfill. 360,000 tonnes of useable clothes are thrown away in the UK every year.
Eco Treasures
Albion Charity and Clearance Shop
Promotes re-use: Re-use is one of the highest points on the waste hierarchy. Charity shops provide a sustainable and ethical option when they wish to dispose of unwanted clothes, books, furniture and other household items. A charity shop’s first choice is always to ensure these items are re-used by selling them on.
Promotes recycling: The next most sustainable option is to recycle. If a charity shop cannot sell an item, they will seek to recycle it via a textile recycler. Charity shops are able to reuse or recycle more than 90% of donated clothing, over 90% of donated books and 85% of donated electrical goods.
Reduces landfill: By boosting re-use and recycling, charity retail helps to reduce waste that ends up in landfill. 340,000 tonnes of textiles alone were kept out of landfill every year as a result of UK charity retail.
Saves landfill tax: Councils in Britain have to pay £102.10 in Landfill Tax for every tonne of waste they put into the ground – money they can retain to spend on services for local residents instead.
Reduces CO2: The reduction in landfill also makes a positive difference to the UK’s carbon footprint.
Household recycling partnerships: When local authority recycling centres partner up with charity retailers this can deliver more efficient sites and sustainable outcomes.. They sell items which have been thrown away but are reusable. The council and charity split the profits, and landfill is reduced.
Reduces bulky waste pick ups: It costs local authorities time and money to collect items of bulky waste, such as furniture and white goods. Charity retail can help to lighten the load. In one London council, when a local resident calls to request removal of a piece of bulky waste, the helpdesk will advise them that a local charity shop can do this for free instead. This helps charity retailers and reduces landfill.
Slows down fast fashion: The charity retail sector is not only built on sustainable principles but it provides clothing to people at a price they can afford. This provides market competition to “fast fashion” outlets – those who sell mass produced items imported from around the world – on the high street, and gives consumers the option to buy clothes sustainably, whatever their budget.
Upcycling: Many charity retailers rescue old, broken or discarded items of furniture and upcycle them into new and unique products. One of our hospice members runs a studio where buyers can help to design the final product which will be made for them from the donations that the charity has received. Promoting re-use and offering an alternative to a throwaway culture encourages a more sustainable future.
Keeps it local: When you donate direct to a charity shop it is more likely that these items are kept in the local area and sold in local shops, with all the profit going to charity.
Our Eco Treasures shop is due to open in January 2024 but in the meantime we will sell items via our website, Ebay, Gumtree, Vinted and other sites.
Please donate your unwanted items to Eco Treasures. If we can’t find a new home for them we will recycle or upcycle, saving them from landfill. Any profit we make will be used to further develop the Albion Centre as a valuable community asset.
Use our contact form or text 07946184976 for drop off details.