About Refurbiz Limited

Working within the forthcoming requirements of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation, Refurbiz has been established to develop a central facility for the collection, sorting, refurbishment and recycling of WEEE. Reusable appliances are distributed through its member charities and directly to the disadvantaged and those on low income in Wiltshire.

Refurbiz has been incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and is registered with the Charity Commission. Its initial subscribers were four furniture recycling charities and the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.

Refurbiz is one of a growing network of charitable household electrical appliance refurbishers working throughout the UK.

Refurbiz is a member of the Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) and as such benefits from its growing expertise in the recycling and reuse of WEEE.

Refurbiz is supported locally by the “The Refurbiz Alliance”.

Key benefits:

Alleviation of poverty through the increased provision of refurbished re-useable appliances at low cost to disadvantaged families.
Reduction of residual waste and landfill demand by increasing reuse and recycling.
Training and employment, for disadvantaged residents and others, in refurbishment, recycling and reuse of household goods, parts and materials.

Refurbiz Alliance

8 local furniture, recycling and sustainable development charities
County, district and unitary authorities’ waste teams
Council waste contractors

	Performance & Future Refurbiz has grown more than 300% over the last 18 months and is now supplying at a rate of 2,000 appliances per year to the disadvantaged in Wiltshire. In addition, Refurbiz reuses 140 tonnes of donated and discarded appliances per year that would otherwise be scrapped. The long term aim of Refurbiz is to create a financially, environmentally and socially sustainable operation. To achieve this, while controlling the financial risks, it is following a multi-phase development strategy.

Funding: Substantial support has been received from the Big Lottery Fund and the Community Recycling and Economic Development (CRED) Programme. The charity has also benefited from support from a large number of benefactors including: Albert Hunt Trust, Allen Lane, Awards for All, Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation, Christadelphian Samaritan Fund, Comic Relief, Community Foundation for Wiltshire and Swindon, Co-op Customer Donation Fund, Cross Manufacturing, Dulverton Trust, Fitton Trust, Gannet Foundation, GWR Community Trust, John and Susan Bowers Fund, John Rayner Charitable Trust, Leach No 14 Trust, Lloyds TSB, Norman Family Trust, Sustain the Plain Fund, Sydney Black Charitable Trust, Thomas J Horne Memorial Trust, Triangle Trust 1949 Fund, Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, Waitrose, Wiltshire County Council, Wiltshire Waste Partnership, Zurich Cares.

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Registered Charity Number 1107150

Limited Registered Company Number 04952104