Sunderland Revive Reuse shop celebrates first anniversary

The shop is at the city's Pallion Household Waste and Recycling Centre.

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00:00 Scott is the manager here at the Revive shop. One year in, how's it going?

00:04 Really excellent first year. We've got lots of visitors, lots of donations, lots of customers.

00:11 Excellent, really good. Have you been taken aback by how well it's gone?

00:17 Yeah actually, so I think we were quite conservative with how many customers we

00:24 would get and actually how many donations we've got and we've actually, I think,

00:28 have completely surpassed ourselves. There's probably about double or triple what we actually

00:32 expected. So it's good. It's going out well. So if anyone's thinking about having a clear out,

00:37 anyone's got a house clearance going on, what's the message? Bring it here. You know, we accept

00:43 pretty much everything. The only thing we don't accept is white goods. So we'll take your furniture,

00:47 we'll take your brick and bright, your toys, your books, your clothes. Yeah, bring it here.

00:56 Robson has come through from East Herrington today to drop off a motorbike helmet. Lovely.

01:01 Regular visit to the recycling centre I understand, but first visit to the shop.

01:05 What do you think? Yes it is and it's great. What a difference this place is now. It's one

01:09 of my favourite places to come. I'm just cleaning the garage out for a new scooter,

01:13 too many helmets and I hope it gets a good warm. So have you had a chance to have a look? You

01:18 haven't had a chance to have a look around the shop yet have you? You've just got this drive.

01:20 First time down and I'll have a look around and I've got a few more bits and pieces in the back,

01:25 which are brand new bits and pieces and it's a shame to throw them away if it goes home.

01:29 So you think it's a good idea? It is a very good idea, absolutely.

01:33 Councillor Clare Rowntree, Southern City Council Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder

01:39 for Clean Green City. You must be delighted with how things have gone down here?

01:42 Oh it's been amazing. It's hard to believe that it's been a year already. I could remember

01:48 speaking at the opening and it just doesn't seem long ago at all. But it's absolutely fantastic

01:54 how the facility is being used and people are telling us that they want to clean the greener

01:59 city and we've saved so much waste from going to energy and people have got the opportunity

02:05 to drop items off at the shop. People are using it as well to come in and find some great finds,

02:12 especially during this cost of living crisis. And it's a great opportunity as well to have a bit of

02:16 a spring clean and sort of bring down those items that you think other people might want.

02:21 And have you been taken aback yourself by how successful it's been?

02:23 I really have. It's really surprising how successful it's been and I think the quality

02:30 of the items that people are bringing in as well is really, really surprising. So it just goes to

02:37 show you if you have a look around the house what you can actually find. And I think it's

02:41 important to note as well that the great work that the St Vincent de Paul Society do with

02:47 contributions that are made.