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Scottish landlord’s recycling scheme diverts 400 tonnes of furniture from landfill to tenants
Scotland’s largest housing association has upcycled more than 400 tonnes of furniture set to be thrown out and given it to tenants who need help to furnish their homes.
Launched in 2016, Wheatley Group’s Home Comforts programme takes donated pieces of furniture which may have been dumped otherwise, upcycles them and distributes them to tenants who need it.
Since then, 406 tonnes of furniture have been recycled and passed on to Wheatley Homes Glasgow and Loretto Housing tenants in the west of Scotland.
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Wheatley Group, which is investing £100m in sustainability initiatives as part of its Greener Homes, Greener Lives campaign, said the scheme has helped 4,339 households across central Scotland with 15,952 pieces of furniture, white goods or electrical items.
Professor Paddy Gray, chair of the Wheatley Foundation, said: “It is great to hear the difference Home Comforts has made to thousands of Wheatley customers across the country since it launched.
“Home Comforts is a great example of the circular economy, helping extend the life of quality furniture and appliances, and avoiding an unsustainable waste of resource.
“It helps tackle our throw-away culture, by making best use of what we already have and avoiding yet more consumption.
“As well as the environmental benefits, Home Comforts provides a lifeline service to tenants who might struggle to furnish their home and could fall into debt buying white goods, electrical items, beds or sofas.”
