About us

The reuse waste network is co-ordinated by the social enterprise Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre.  Waste that’s suitable for reuse is donated to help us run our social enterprise activities such as providing the premises encourage as hubs for entrepreneurship & education, where as a group of experts we meet, share our knowledge and together we make it easier for people to live, work and build sustainably

We reuse waste materials to;

Use as a resource for our activities
Donate materials to hub members to help them in social enterprise or to start-up a business
Sell items to raise funds to cover our operating expenses

• Architectural salvage is sold from our warehouses or used in our conference rooms for events to furnish our serviced offices
• We turn waste into new things in our workshop and show people how to do it in our training courses
• We advise businesses how to reduce and reuse waste
• We run creative events that are fun for people of all ages to use waste in making projects
• We provide work experience for young people and adults in our waste reuse activities
• We help people start social enterprises to manage waste resources to benefit their local community group or school

If you donate reuseable items to us we give you a gift voucher to spend on our activities
Individual and businesses who donate their reuseable waste to us are given gift vouchers to spend with us, or they can donate the vouchers to local community groups and schools to help them access our training, advice and activities.

What kind of reuseable waste can we use?

Waste materials for our scrapstore that can be reused in creative projects
fabric, buttons and art materials
office stationary, paper and pens

Office & household furniture
Architectural salvage
Doors, Wooden Flooring, Shelving, Cupboards, Worktops
Rugs, Carpet, Curtains
Office furniture & good quality household furniture

Construction waste
Bricks
Timber
Roof Tiles
Sheet materials
Insulation

Click here to donate your waste for us to reuse