"Many people would like to see the world consume fewer resources, yet we constantly avoid the most obvious means of achieving that. When people buy less stuff, you get immediate drops in emissions, resource consumption and pollution, unlike anything we’ve achieved with green technology.” McKinnon
Secondhand Directory
Consumption of new clothing is estimated to be higher in the UK than any other European country–26.7kg per person. This compares to 16.7kg in Germany, 16kg in Denmark, 14.5kg in Italy, 14kg in the Netherlands and 12.6kg in Sweden. BUT the UK has one of the highest collection rates of used clothes in the world (per head of population) according to the Textile Recycling Association charity shops diverted over 330,000 tonnes of textiles from landfill in 2017 and helped reduce carbon emissions by millions of tonnes a year by reusing and recycling second-hand clothes.
Daisy Dukes CIC
Address: 4 Victoria Pl, Saint Austell PL25 5PE
Phone: 07846 723222
St Blazey Recycle Reuse Resale CIC
Address: Unit 3b Latham Business Park Middleway, St Blazey PL24 2JH
Phone: +44 1726 817130
Cornwall Air Ambulance Superstore
Address: 7-13 Clifden Road St Austell, PL25 4NU
Tel: 01726 871 222
St Austell Bits and Bobs for Sale
Address: Community sales service
Phone: see Facebook page
Cornwall Scrap Store
Address: Goonmarris, St Austell, PL26 7QX
Phone: see Facebook page