Posters promoting the national re-use phone line started to appear in bus shelters earlier this year. The re-use phone line is a free service to make it easier to donate quality, unwanted goods like furniture, white goods, working electrical goods and other bulkier items.
Funded by Zero Waste Scotland, the re-use phone line – 0800 0665 820 is able to divert items to third sector community organisations in the East Lothian Council area.
Apparently only a very small proportion of items commonly suitable for reuse are being donated to re-use charities and instead ending up in recycling or landfill.
Did you know that reuse is much better than recycling?
