Is your area in need of a new chair, desk, filing cabinet or other item? Please consider whether the university has good quality reusable items before purchasing new items. Contact Furniturereuse@greenwich.ac.uk to find out what is currently available. Do you have any items of furniture that are no longer required? If the item is in good condition (not broken or with missing parts) let us know so we can go through the next steps with you.
What are the benefits?
Since relaunching the furniture reuse scheme in November 2019, the University has saved:
- avoided over £160,000 from purchasing new items
- saved over 32 tonnes of waste by reusing items
What about external donations?
Items are only available for internal re-use, not for any external sales outside of the University. Research is undertaken locally for donations, for any items that are no longer required. To date we have managed to donate unwanted (but quality) items to local care homes, libraries, NHS trusts and schools. In total, we have:
- donated over 2400 items.
- saved over 37 tonnes of waste (us having to dispose of items otherwise)
- saved over £117,500 from those organisations otherwise having to buy new items.
- saved over 68 tonnes of carbon emissions (from those organisations buying items and the associated carbon footprint).
