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National Reuse Month with IRD Duhallow's Revamp
October is Ireland’s National Reuse Month which aims to inspire you and provide you with skills and tools to reuse more at home and work. Here at IRD Duhallow Furniture Revamp, we can help you do just that! To cut down on waste and greenhouse gas emissions, we ask everyone in October to go further by prioritising repair, buying second hand and up-cycled, borrowing and swapping.
Reuse is about valuing our belongings, by using and reusing it for as long and as often as possible. You may have already reused by having your shoes resoled or borrowing books from the library. These are all good simple actions we can all take. Here at Revamp in Newmarket, we accept donations of unwanted furniture so that we can give it a second life, we repair, we repurpose and find new homes for your items, diverting a huge quantity of bulky goods from ending up as waste.
DID YOU KNOW...
Ireland’s rising affluence has led to overconsumption and growing waste, especially plastic waste generation which more than doubled in a decade.
Your part to play in circularity
A circular approach encourages a shift towards a sufficiency-based lifestyle, favouring local and circular products and supporting repair services, for example We’ve often eased our waste guilt through recycling, but it’s time to shift our mindset and prioritize actions that go beyond recycling, such as:
REDUCE: Less is more! Use less, avoid impulse buying and focus on quality and local products over quantity.
REUSE: Donate or swap, repair and maintain, re-purpose and get creative! So dump those Insta accounts of “shopping haul” for creative ones giving you endless hacks on how to transform and reuse what you already have. If that’s not your thing, bring your items of furniture to us and see what we can do!
Did you know that most dining chairs can be reupholstered, often costing less than 50% of the price of a new set? You get to update your dining room, with a limitless choice of colours and designs, and even saving yourself the hassle of disposing of items that can still serve their purpose.
DID YOU KNOW...
Ireland’s residents consume 22 tonnes of raw materials per person annually, above the EU average and nearly 3 times the “sustainable” level of consumption estimated to be 8 tonnes per capita.
*Circularity gap report
BETTER FOR YOUR POCKET, BETTER FOR THE PLANET!
Few things are as frustrating as having to dispose of surplus paints, often resulting from home improvement projects that require just a bit less than what a single can provides, leading to waste and inconvenience.
What’s more, Ireland sends thousands of tonnes of waste paint every year to be incinerated, at a significant cost and environmental impact. The disposal process is not only expensive but also contributes to pollution and resource wastage.
New paint can also cost you as much as €25 per litre a staggering 8 times more than what we offer with our quality remixed RELOVE paint, at only €3 per litre.
With over three years experience in paint remixing and overwhelmingly positive feedback from our customers, you can trust that you are getting quality without breaking the bank. By choosing RELOVE paint, you’re not only saving money but also supporting a more sustainable approach to home improvement.
DID YOU KNOW...
Over 97% of materials in Ireland’s economy come from virgin sources, only 2.7% of the materials come from secondary sources, and 58% of Ireland’s carbon footprint is linked to imported products.
*Circularity gap report
DID YOU KNOW...
Some of the services we offer:
• Reupholstery
• Wood repair and refinishing
• Basic furniture repairs
• Sofa springs and foam replacements
• Collection and delivery service
