Welcome to the Green-Works Blog

First off - Welcome to the Green-Works blog.

Who are Green-Works I hear you cry??
Green-Works are an environmental charity and social enterprise who divert office and school furniture from landfill.

Why do we want it?
Because it is normally in great condition and fully functioning to last for many more years in someone else's office who couldn't afford to buy the same high quality items at new prices.

What do we do with it?
Through our unique programme the furniture gets

• Reused: items are sold at a fraction of their market value especially to help other charities, community and volunteer groups, small businesses and start-ups - but anyone is welcome to it.
  Our reuse arm also donates furniture across the developing world to help rebuild communities -we have been working very hard in Sierra Leone to rebuild schools as 49% of the population is under 16!
  
• Re-manufactured: Our in-house joinery team cut down large pieces of furniture to make original items from 98% recycled material! we have desks, bookcases and our lovely cubes!
  
• Recycled: We aim to reuse as much as possible - wood, screws, material, foam - anything! but there is always going to be some things that are either better off being recycled or we simply can't do anything more with, but we can make sure they get recycled in the correct way.
  

Why don't we want it going to Landfill?
Around 350-400,000 tonnes of furniture ends up at landfill each year and as you can imagine this is just not sustainable, takes up lots of room and damages the environment - which is unneccessary when others can benefit from it!

What else happens at Green-Works?
Well due to the way we handle our furniture and the processess taken - we can provide training and employment opportunities. All 4 Green-Works sites are based in deprived areas so we can help both the area and the people in it.

So you see - our aim is zero waste and support in the community...get on board and see how green really works!

Do you wat to find out more? Visit our website www.green-works.co.uk

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