Renew
Renew is an ambitious and unique project which aims to create value from waste to benefit Greater Manchester. It’s a joint initiative between R4GM & SUEZ UK. We take items donated at recycling centres across Greater Manchester, then we repair and renew them at our Renew Hub, ready to be resold to a new home.
Browse our wide range of pre-loved items by visiting our Renew Shops (external website), Online Store (external website) or our eBay page (external website).
Money raised by the shops will go to support local communities through two Greater Manchester initiatives. Each year money raised through sales made in the Renew shops will be donated to Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity(external website) and Recycle for Greater Manchester Community Fund (external website).
The Renew Hub
When you donate your unwanted items at the Renew container at your local recycling centre, they are taken to the Renew Hub. Here, they’re cleaned up, mended if necessary, or upcycled before they’re sent on to one of our three Renew shops (external website). Larger or more premium items are sold through our eBay shop, Renew Market (external website).
In this way, hundreds of tonnes of pre-loved items which would have otherwise gone to waste are made available to Greater Manchester residents at affordable prices.
Money raised via Renew goes back to the local community through the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity (external website) and the R4GM Community Fund (external website).
Renew Shops
The Renew shops stock a wide variety of homeware, garden furniture, toys, sports equipment, books and more. Items have been donated by residents and cleaned and repaired before being handpicked by staff for the shops in Eccles, Oldham and Altrincham.
The aim of the Renew shops is to reduce waste, reuse unwanted items and increase recycling rates. Many of the items donated by residents would have otherwise gone to waste.
Renew Shops - Greater Manchester (external website)