{"id":812058,"date":"2026-10-24T04:02:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812058\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T04:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:02:24","slug":"thousands-of-items-get-new-homes-at-new-romney-recycling-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812058\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of items get new homes at New Romney recycling shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

A shop selling unwanted household items from a recycling centre has expanded after more than 2,100 items were bought in its first year.<\/p>\n

The reuse shop at New Romney Household Waste Recycling Centre sells pre-loved goods brought to the site by residents, giving shoppers the chance to pick up “new-to-you” household bargains, Kent County Council (KCC) said.<\/p>\n

Shoppers can browse through everything from furniture and bags to kitchenware, books, ornaments and paintings, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following its success, the site has expanded to include a larger retail area, three shipping containers and a covered canopy.<\/p>\n

KCC said 31 tonnes of reusable items were diverted from waste disposal in the shop’s first year.<\/p>\n

Items taken to the recycling centre are identified by staff and sold through the shop. <\/p>\n

Most are sold in the condition they are received, although electrical goods are tested by trained staff before sale.<\/p>\n

Popular items include ornaments, toys, sports equipment, small furniture and electrical goods.<\/p>\n

One of the more unusual items sold was a stool shaped like a hand, “which generated plenty of interest”, the council said.<\/p>\n

Councillor Jamie Henderson said the shop’s success had “exceeded our expectations”.<\/p>\n

He said every item sold through the shop helped to reduce waste, adding: “Before we think about recycling, we should always ask whether an item can be used again.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shop selling unwanted household items from a recycling centre has expanded after more than 2,100 items were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-812058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}