Every year British people throw away around 10 million pieces of furniture – that’s around 30,000 bits of furniture every day and this wastefulness is just one of the reasons why ALMO Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has started a furniture re-use scheme called Pass It On. The furniture re-use scheme is designed to help young people set up their first home. However it will consider requests from other tenants setting up home and if it has surplus stock, will try to help other tenants. The furniture re-use scheme has recreated two full time jobs on a 12 month basis. The new team assesses, collect and remove the furniture clean it up and if necessary make any minor repairs. The furniture is sold at affordable rates to tenants. For example a fridge will cost £20 and a coffee table will cost £5.00. Read more on the RBH website.
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