Reviva Reuse Shop — formerly Trash and Treasure Shop — celebrates open day at Shoal Bay Waste Management Facility
From cutlery, plates and bowls to books, DVDs and more, there is something for everyone at the revamped tip shop at the Shoal Bay Waste Management Facility, which hosted its official open day on Friday. See the photos.
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As the idiom goes, ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’.
No saying fits the Reviva Reuse Shop quite as well as that.
From cutlery, plates and bowls to books, DVDs and more, there was something for everyone at the revamped tip shop at the Shoal Bay Waste Management Facility, which hosted its official open day on Friday.
City of Darwin’s chief executive Simone Saunders said she was “really, really” pleased to see the new store come to fruition.
“It’s a great opportunity for the community, but also for the City of Darwin in achieving our waste resource and recovery strategy,” she said.
“There’s some targets that council has set and part of it is diverting 50 per cent of our waste back — not ending up in landfill and diverting it.”
Ms Saunders said she encouraged more people to head down and check the store out.
“It’s really great to be part of this, the shop looks amazing; I’ll definitely be encouraging people to come down and we really welcome and look forward to a longer term partnership here,” she said.
“Support a not-profit social enterprise and support our community and workers.”
Resource Recovery Australia, which opened the shop on February 8, has so far provided employment opportunities to 12 people whom faced barriers entering the workforce.
Those employed will be provided with forklift, first aid and test and tag training, as well as a white card and customer service skills.
Since opening on February 8, the shop has sold 11,305 items in total — 3623 items in February and 7682 items in March (so far).
In its first 21 days of trade, the shop racked up 1878 total customers, as well as a further 2402 in March (so far) — taking the total number of customers to 4280.
East coast-based not-for-profit RRA was controversially awarded the contract to run the shop – formerly known as the Trash and Treasure Shop – in November 2024, after local disability services provider Helping People Achieve lost its tender bid to continue managing it.
City of Darwin faced strong community backlash — which was totally absent on Friday — for its decision to award the prized trash and treasure tender to an interstate provider.
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