Re-Use and Recycling
Charity Shop DJ promotes the re-use of vinyl records
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'Recycling the soul of the nation'
'Recycling the soul of the nation'
Charity Shop DJ is working with re-use and recycling agencies to highlight possible new ways in which "rubbish" might be understood.
From nighttime raids on skips, through to remixing "charity shop classics", the Charity Shop DJ project exists to celebrate detritus and to "recycle the soul of the nation".
It is about understanding discarded materials as a resource
It is about understanding discarded materials as a resource
Charity Shop DJ appeared at the first ever ‘Trashion Show', a partnership project of Cambridgeshire Community Reuse and Recycling Network (CCORRN), Manor Community College and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Waste Partnership (RECAP).
"Some music will be lost as it's not transferred onto new formats. Andy tries to save it from the skip" - BBC Radio 4 website
CHARITY SHOP DJ, RE-USE, AND THE ROLE OF CHARITIES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
CHARITY SHOP DJ, RE-USE, AND THE ROLE OF CHARITIES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
"Years ago the charity shop was primarily an outlet for unwanted material and things that could generate an income for a cause, as well as providing affordable goods to our own communities.
Though this continues to be the case, changes that are taking place in the way we deal with waste materials may well lead to an increasing role for the charity shop in the overall waste management picture.
Whilst a significant amount of material has traditionally ended up in landfill , as recycling becomes more prevalent so an increasing volume of redundant technology and its peripherals end up crossing the doorstep of the charity shop. This has effectively put the charity shop and charities into the waste management camp , a useful and exciting place to be in the current climate , but not one without considerable challenges.
So – consider the charity shop’s potential in the re-use and recycling hierarchy of the local waste management programme and the contribution it can make to the national picture.
Now consider how this message can be delivered in a way that promotes their role, promotes their integration into the local waste hierarchy, and propagates coordination and collaboration between numerous and diverse organisations to best exploit these opportunities on a sustainable basis.
By stimulating creative thought, and by highlighting the case of vinyl records, Charity Shop DJand the EasyAction Project can help point the way to understanding redundant items as resources.
And let's put this into perspective - ALL material represents a potential resource.
Charity Shop DJ, in raising awareness, will establish and maintain links, draw on material , and continue to disseminate experience from a range of peoples and cultures.
When it comes to how we manage the excesses of our consumer, throw away culture, conventional thinking may just take us further up the same road. Charity Shop DJ is about taking a detour, exploring. Who knows - in getting lost we may find our way."
Written by Jazz Summers, waste Management Consultant to a large public sector organisation in the South West
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