While holidaying in Connecticut America Stuart visited a skip site where there was an exchange shed for people to drop off or pick up unwanted items free of charge instead of them going to landfill. Stuart felt that it would be a good idea to do something similar at B.E.A.T.
From that some members of the B.E.A.T. team visited various project/ businesses in Aberdeenshire and Moray to find out from other peoples experiences, what would and wouldn’t work in the area. Seeing how successful these projects were the team discussed the possibility of starting up the furniture recycling how we would go about it.
After a lot of research and preparation on the 1st July 2010 B.E.A.T. added a new area to their project.
The furniture recycling is set up in Unit 14 where anyone can pop in during opening hours.
BEAT accepts all types of furniture and household goods. We check the items and price them accordingly, Soft furnishings must have the fire Retardant label still attached. We will also be doing electrical goods and these will be checked and tested. Debbie and Stuart have carried out training to do this and the team are now looking into purchasing a P.A.T. Portable Appliance Testeras soon as possible.
BEAT IS WORKING closely with Aberdeenshire Councils Waste Section with regards to this project and has their full support.
We can collect and deliver, for a small fee’ in the local area. The project has only been running for a few weeks and is already proving very successful.
As well as saving items from going to landfill it has also opened up new experiences and training for the B.E.A.T team. Everyone is involved in the project in some way of form.
From that some members of the B.E.A.T. team visited various project/ businesses in Aberdeenshire and Moray to find out from other peoples experiences, what would and wouldn’t work in the area. Seeing how successful these projects were the team discussed the possibility of starting up the furniture recycling how we would go about it.
After a lot of research and preparation on the 1st July 2010 B.E.A.T. added a new area to their project.
The furniture recycling is set up in Unit 14 where anyone can pop in during opening hours.
BEAT accepts all types of furniture and household goods. We check the items and price them accordingly, Soft furnishings must have the fire Retardant label still attached. We will also be doing electrical goods and these will be checked and tested. Debbie and Stuart have carried out training to do this and the team are now looking into purchasing a P.A.T. Portable Appliance Testeras soon as possible.
BEAT IS WORKING closely with Aberdeenshire Councils Waste Section with regards to this project and has their full support.
We can collect and deliver, for a small fee’ in the local area. The project has only been running for a few weeks and is already proving very successful.
As well as saving items from going to landfill it has also opened up new experiences and training for the B.E.A.T team. Everyone is involved in the project in some way of form.
