South Hobart Tip Shop clearing driveway to make way for reopened part of business

Fuelled by the desire to reuse and recycle, this tip shop is looking to offload a massive load of goods blocking its drive-thru in a one-off sale. What’s in store for treasure hunters >>

South Hobart Tip Shop operations co ordinator Matthew Parry ahead of the drive way Sale. Picture: Chris Kidd

After a fire destroyed its undercover drive-thru three years ago, the South Hobart Tip Shop is ready to reopen it.

However, there is one problem.

“We’ve been using a temporary driveway and storing stuff where the driveway used to be,” tip shop operations co-ordinator Matthew Parry said.

“So now we’ve got to reopen our old driveway and clear all the stuff out.”

The business is having “a once in a tip time sale” on January 30 to get rid of all the stuff.

South Hobart Tip Shop operations co ordinator Matthew Parry ahead of the drive way Sale. Picture: Chris Kidd

“There is going to be anything and everything there,” Mr Parry said.

“The only stuff we can’t sell is electrical stuff that we have to test and tag before we can sell it.”

Mr Perry hoped the sale would create buzz around people reusing things and buying second-hand.

“One of our main missions is to keep stuff out of landfill,” he said.

“We are the last stop before people throw things into landfill. We’ve been very busy over the summer with lots of donations and salvaging from the tip.

“We do try and take as much usable stuff as we can. We just want to give stuff new homes.”

Originally published as South Hobart Tip Shop clearing driveway to make way for reopened part of business