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Emmaus South Wales - donated items helps our charity and the environment

Emmaus South Wales was shortlisted in the Environmental Social Enterprise award category at the Social Business Wales Awards 2022 for our re-use and recycling work. Check out our nomination film, created by WIRC Will Philpin. The very first Emmaus companions were called the Rag Pickers of Paris. Our movement was founded on the concept of turning rags into riches, taking one person’s trash, and utilising it as a resource to be redistributed to those who need it. At Emmaus South Wales, we have been trading in re-use for more than 10 years, based on our ethos of social and environmental justice. Our Reuse Stores sell on goods donated to us by our local communities saving approx. 160 tonnes from landfill annually, including 82 tonnes of furniture and around 10 tonnes (13,000 items!) of textiles and clothing. We collect around 1,000 items of unwanted furniture from people’s homes each year and offer good quality low-cost furniture and household goods for a wide customer base, with over 40,400 transactions each year. We also take our own waste seriously. We send around 30 tonnes of unusable bulky items for recycling each year and generate just 3.5 tonnes of ‘waste’ ourselves, 100% of which is recycled. To find out more, visit emmaus.org.uk/south-wales