Green-Works is an award winning social enterprise and registered charity dedicated to helping the environment by diverting redundant office and school furniture from landfill by providing reused and remanufactured furniture to small business, charities, schools and community groups whilst providing training and real work experience to the unemployed.

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Collectable items

 We collect:

  • All types of chairs including break out, reception, canteen and meeting room chairs
  • All types of desks (dismantled or assembled)
  • Filing cabinets
  • Tambours (storage cabinet with flexible or roller door)
  • Cupboards
  • Pedestals (under or side of desk storage unit)
  • Meeting, printer, round and canteen tables
  • File or plan chests
  • Bookcases
  • Mobile and desk screens
  • Magazine racks
  • Coat racks and stands
  • Desk and free standing lamps, heaters and fans
  • Notice / white boards and flipcharts
  • Pictures, paintings and plants
  • In-trays, desk tidies and bins
  • Re-usable suspension files, ring binders and stationery - must be in sealed and labelled clear plastic bags or boxes
  • Electrical items including all IT equipment, photocopiers, AV equipment, TVs, CRT monitors, laminators, faxes
  • Fridges, freezers or microwave ovens or anything classified as hazardous waste.

With prior notification and approval we can also accept:

  • Safes (up to 1000kg) with combinations or keys
  • Fire proof cabinets with combinations or keys

We do not* collect:

  • Fire extinguishers
  • Glass panels
  • Bags of rubbish
  • Excessive packaging - other than for protection

* While we don't accept these items, we may still be able to provide an environmentally friendly solution, ask for details.

Remember Green-Works will collect or receive regardless of age or condition and aims for zero landfill.

 

 

Furniture Facts

Around 400,000 tonnes of furniture goes to landfill each year

There are 180,000 charities in the UK who could benefit from yourunwanted items

A standard desk uses 530kgs of extracted material to manufacture new

Reusing furniture creates jobs and training opportunities for many disadvantaged or long term unemployed people

 An area of forest the size of the UK is destroyed each year and upto 50% of total forest cover has been destroyed by human activity