Your local re-use charity
About us
We are one of the UK’s leading re-use charities, proud to serve the community of Rhondda Cynon Taf; we collect household items like furniture and electrical appliances that are toogoodtowaste from local residents for free.
We also collect surplus stock from high-street retailers.
All items are sold at affordable prices in our showrooms, helped by our team of committed volunteers, who play a key part in this whilst gaining valuable work experience.
Working with other organisations we also give free items to people most in need in our community.
We’re proud that we’re working towards becoming a self-sustaining organisation, providing jobs and training for local people, helping the environment and our community prosper.
Our Mission Statement:
“toogoodtowaste is committed to changing people’s lives everyday, through developing and implementing sustainable social enterprise that meets the needs of the communities we serve.”
Our Vision:
Maximise Potential – Minimise Waste
Our Objects:
At the heart of what we do are our charitable objects:
To assist with the relief of poverty by helping to meet the furniture and household needs of people on low income by, but not limited to, recycling furniture which would otherwise be thrown away, and advancing more sustainable waste management practises; and
To advance the development and education of people by providing opportunities to volunteer and to train, so as to develop work skills and social skills, gain work experience and encourage social integration.
FAQs
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No, we don’t buy your items but if you have re-usable items that you no longer need & live in Rhondda Cynon Taf we can collect them for free.
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We offer a free collection service to collect items form the local community, although this is a free service to the customer there is a charge to us in terms of vans, fuel, staff, volunteer expenses, warehousing, processing, and displaying the items in our showrooms. On average a collection costs us approximately £30.
All the items we sell are priced according to their condition & quality to allow us to cover our overhead costs. We have items available in all our showrooms from free and then we start pricing items from as cheap as possible to ensure there is always an affordable option available.
As we are a not-for-profit organisation, we must charge a reasonable price for items to ensure we can continue offering our services to our local community.
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We are a not-for-profit organisation and all monies raised from the sale of items in our showrooms goes back into the organisation to enable us to continue to offer a free collection service and help low-income households, provide training and volunteering opportunities and it also ensures we can continue to offer all our services to our local community.
