Repair, reuse and recycling are easy steps you can take to reduce your consumption and climate impact. CRNI Members provide these goods and services with a social impact, through their social enterprises, charities and voluntary organisations.
For more information about the goods and services our members offer to businesses and public bodies please visit our dedicated directory here.
Creative Materials & Paint
NATIONWIDE: Find or Give surplus resources for repurposing and upcycling with The Upcycle Movement‘s Re-Source platform.
DUBLIN: Buy recycled and reblended paint from Rediscover paint the Rediscovery Centre Eco Store for €1 per 1 Litre. Please note they do not accept paint for recycling.
CORK: Buy recycled and reblended paint from Northside Community Enterprises in Cork Ciy or CycleSense in Skibbereen.
BELFAST, LISBURN: Buy surplus paint from East Belfast Mission through their Restores.
WATERFORD: Buy recycled and reblended paint from Renew Enterprises.
Bicycles
NATIONWIDE: Lend, donate or find a bicycle via WeShare.
CORK: Learn how to repair your bicycle or buy a reconditioned bike at Cork Community Bikes
Learn how to repair your bicycle, get it repaired or buy a reconditioned bike at CycleSense in Skibbereen.
GALWAY: Learn how to repair your bicycle or buy a reconditioned bike at An Mheitheal Rothar
WATERFORD: Have your bike repaired by qualified and experienced bicycle mechanics with Renew Enterprises
DUBLIN: Buy a reconditioned bike from Rediscover Cycling in the Rediscovery Centre.
Donate or buy a reconditioned bike or learn how to repair your bike with The Bike Hub in Dun Laoghaire.
Donate or buy a reconditioned bike at Frontline Bikes, Inchicore.
Donate your old bicycle to RecycleIT where bikes and parts are reused where possible or recycled. Recycle IT are working with a Dublin based charity and social enterpriseto share bikes, bike frames and parts so bikes can be rebuilt and sold at affordable prices.
BELFAST: Donate to or buy bicycles from East Belfast Mission through their Restores in Belfast.
DONEGAL: Bryson Recycling are collecting bicycles for the School Bikes Africa Appeal. All bikes collected will be refurbised and sent to children in Africa to help them travel to school safely.
Mattress Recycling
NATIONWIDE: Bounce Back Recycling provides a domestic collection service in the Galway and wider area. Contact 091 760877 for a quote.
Electrical & other recycling
DUBLIN: RecycleIT offers kerbside, door to door and organisational recycling collections in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow. In addition to TV’s, monitors, laptops and servers, appliances and toys can also be recycled.
DUBLIN: Rehab Recycle facilitates secure donations of IT equipment to schools, charities and community groups through their Promise IT programme. Camara Education reuse technology to enhance the education of disadvantaged students around the world. Tech 2 Students bridges the digital divide for students. The campaign was developed in April 2020 by Trinity Access and Camara Ireland in response to the digital divide experienced by students in need.
BELFAST, DONEGAL: Bryson Recycling delivers high quality, efficient and cost effective recycling services including kerbside collection for over 170,000 households in Northern Ireland (see here for locations) and recycling centres in Donegal (see here for details).
Workshops, Education & Events
Learn how to upcycle with ordinary household materials with ReCreate’s online workshops. ReCreate also runs tailored workshops on creative reuse for all groups and ages.
Join a workshop with Rethink Ireland, who through demonstration and education, inspire others to action, and support their resilience and sustainability goals.
Offer or swap skills on exchange platform WeShare.
Learn how to upcycle, sew and repair clothes or prevent food waste with the Useless Project or join an event where you can learn more about sustainable fashion or food waste prevention.
Workshops, Education & Events
Learn how to upcycle or to identify business opportunities in ‘waste’ materials in our communities with The Upcycle Movement.
ReCreate and Rediscovery Centre both offer children’s birthday party packages and run regular events.
Native Events is is Ireland’s leading sustainable event production company providing consultancy, equipment and staff for sustainable events.
Learn how to stop food waste, make compost and use your brown bin successfully as a last resort with Diversion Green online or face to face with individuals, small or large groups.
Learn more about new ways of addressing waste streams and supporting food sovereignty Cork Urban Soil Project
Refill & Repair at home
NATIONWIDE: Cloth Nappy Library Ireland lets you try reusable nappy kits from newborn to Potty training ages for only €20. Find out about borrowing here or the benefits of cloth here.
NATIONWIDE: Refill your reusable coffee cup at a cafe participating in the Conscious Cup Campaign for a discount or other rewards, using the map here.
NATIONWIDE: Refill your reusable water bottle using Refill Ireland ‘s free tap map network of over 1300 locations here.
LOUTH: Purchase or donate second hand DIY equipment and various other hardware at Habitat Restore, Drogheda
KERRY: Refill your containers while shopping for groceries with Killarney Immigrant Support Centre (KASI)
MONAGHAN: Borrow quality, sustainably sourced toys rather than buying new with Carrickmacross Toy Library.
NATIONWIDE: Find a local repair service to extend the life of your everyday things with Repair My Stuff.
NATIONWIDE: Learn how to Stop Food Waste through shopping, storage and cooking tips here.
Fashion & Homeware
NATIONWIDE: Buy or donate quality second hand and vintage fashion, accessories and bric a brac from over 450 shops in the Irish Charity Shops Association. Find your local shop here.
At Oxfam Ireland shops you can buy or donate quality second hand and vintage fashion including bridal, bric a brac, books and furniture.
Buy charity shop clothing, shoes, accessories and books / media online with Thriftify.
Give or find unwanted clothing, accessories and homeware for free online with WeShare.
DUBLIN: Buy 100% redesigned and repurposed clothing, accessories and homeware ranges from Rediscover Fashion.
Buy 100% upcycled clothing and accessories made from campsite and other textile waste at Attention Attire.
ROSCOMMON: Buy or donate quality second hand fashion, accessories and bric a brac or upcycled goods from Roscommon Women’s Network.
LIMERICK: Buy or donate quality second hand school uniforms, school books, fashion, books and bric a brac with Gateway to Education.
KERRY: Buy or donate quality second hand fashion, books, and bric a brac with Killarney Immigrant Support Centre (KASI)
LOUTH: Purchase or donate second hand homewares at Habitat Restore, Drogheda
WEXFORD: Buy 100% upcycled accessories made from damaged wetsuits from The Upcycle Movement.
Furniture
NATIONWIDE: Irish Charity Shops
DUBLIN: Rediscover Furniture (repair & sales), WeShare (online exchange)
BELFAST: East Belfast Mission
LONGFORD: Revamp 3Rs
LIMERICK: Back2New
KERRY: Kingdom Furniture
WATERFORD: Renew Enterprises
LOUTH: Habitat Restore, Drogheda
Food
Do you have large, regular volumes of surplus food to donate? Partner with FoodCloud to redistribute your surplus to community and charity groups nationwide.
Diversion Green offer food waste audits, food waste prevention plans, workshops, challenges, talks to open the conversation around food waste and work with clients to educate them and to show people how to prevent food waste, make compost and how to brown bin successfully as a last resort.
Volunteer with Cork Urban Soil Project to learn about the circular economy, composting, food growing, and/or community DIY then incorporate these practices into your own household, business, and/or neighbourhood.
Too Good To Go is a food saving app that allows you to save Surprise Bags of food for 1/3 of the initial value from your favourite food places in a number of locations across Ireland (with more to come). Download the app in the Apple app store or via Google Play.
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CRNI receives core and operational funding through the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
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Green + Social Virtual Trade Fair
CRNI’s Green + Social Virtual Trade Fair is funded by Ireland’s Regional Waste Management Plan Offices. This innovative virtual platform is open 24/7 and gives visitors the opportunity to explore green and social procurement opportunities provided by reuse, repair and recycling social enterprises and community-based organisations across Ireland.
Access the Green + Social Virtual Trade Fair here.
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