Local Opportunities

• Community Re-Use Hub at Baldovie Recycling Centre: Donate unwanted furniture and household items which can be repaired for re-use 
• Tayside Re-users accept donations of used furniture, white goods, electrical items and many other items from the public. These items are tested and sold from The Emporium, so that members of the public can get a good deal.  
• The Wardrobe sells good quality second-hand adults clothing and accessories as well as new and used books. They also hold workshops around repairing and upcycling clothing, giving the community the confidence and abilities to mend and prolong the life of their clothes. 
• Reboutique is dedicated to reinventing, reimagining and reusing unwanted and throw away items into new useable items. 
• Wood recycling Dundee and Tayside sell recycled wood pallets, kindling and firewood blocks. They also upcycle pallet wood into beautiful, long-lasting furniture and decorative products. 
• SCRAPantics Scrapstore has a constantly evolving stock of materials ranging from wood and hand tools to paper, fabric, yarn, card and stationery. If you look hard enough, you’re also bound to find some unusual and fascinating oddities! 
• Tayside Up-cycling Craft Centre showcases the creations of Furniture, Fabric, Metal and wood artisans as well offering advice on upcycling.

To explore more local examples visit the Sustainable Dundee Map

Recycling 

Recycling reduces the need for extracting (mining, quarrying and logging), refining and processing raw materials all of which create substantial air and water pollution. As recycling saves energy it also reduces greenhouse gas emissions, which helps to tackle climate change.

Recycling In Dundee