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Keynsham Reuse Shop Opens its Doors to Non-Residents

After opening last October, the Reuse Shop is welcoming customers from outside of Bath and North East Somerset!

Previously only customers who live in BANES could drive to the shop, now the Reuse Shop at Keynsham Recycling Centre will have a car park available on Saturdays allowing customers from outside the area to walk into the shop.

According to BANES Council, “more than 21,000 people have visited and roughly 44 tonnes of household items have been kept in circulation and reused or refurbished” – what an amazing accomplishment in less than a year!

Here at Share and Repair, we partner with the Reuse Shop to PAT test all of the electrical items that are sold, making sure that they work and are safe to use in their future new home.

Our Chair of Trustees Lorna said:

“We are thrilled to be a partner with the council’s Reuse Shop to keep more electrical items living longer. Share and Repair volunteers visit the shop at least twice a month and have carried out PA Tests on items including an organ, coffee machines, keyboards and many table lamps. On their last visit, they tested more than 80 electrical items and the majority have been given a new lease of life. 

“The shop is becoming more and more popular as the mountain of electrical items grows bigger. Share and Repair can also pass on suitable items to low-income households via the charities supporting them. 

“This is such a great way of reducing and repurposing waste – all of these items would previously have been put into landfill/ recycled when they were actually in working order. Bath & North East Somerset Council Waste Team have done a great job to get this shop operating to benefit the community and the environment.”

You may have seen photos of our volunteers at the Reuse Shop already, such as Colin PAT testing lamps before they go onto the shelves. Any sales of electrical items that we have tested are split between Share and Repair and the Reuse Shop, allowing us to continue to PAT test and quite literally help save items from landfill.

This is a really exciting step for the Reuse Shop, and allows even more people to shop sustainably and contribute to a circular economy. Money raised from sales goes towards the shop’s running costs, with profits being reinvested into improving BANES’ recycling services.

Open from Tuesday to Saturday, the shop is full of interesting items and is a real treasure trove to discover! Why not take a visit next time you’re in the area?

Read the full article on the Bathnes Newsroom’s website, and you can also see more about the shop and what donations they will take here.

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