preventing business waste from going to landfill: scarf
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SCARF is Wolverhampton's very own 'Scrap Store‘
Initiated in 2004 SCARF has been proudly providing good quality arts, craft and decorating equipment for recycling and upcycling projects for over 10 years.
There are about 120 Scrap Stores in the UK.
Reuseful UK work as a body for scrap-stores, to help them communicate and set standards for good practice.
SCARF is a not-for-profit Social Enterprise Business
SCARF collects all sorts of clean waste materials from local businesses and it is our aim to help to reduce
business waste and contribute to a reduction in landfill.
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SCARF works to forge a link between the masses of materials discarded by local businesses and the needs
of local people, schools, and many community organisations.
SCARF provides a diverse range of arts, crafts and DIY resources that was destined for landfill.
Textiles
Plastics
Paper & Card
Woods & Metals
Community Repaint Black Country is part of a nationwide initiative to reduce the amount of useable paint going into
landfill and at the same time helping local people to improve their environment.
Large amounts of useable paint goes into landfill sites, yet at the same time, there is a lack of the resources with which people and organisations can improve their
environment.
Events & Outreach Work
SCARF does lots of work with the local community and can often be found at community events
Workshops
SCARF works with a range of schools and organisations to provide creative workshops using recycled materials
Volunteers Volunteers are an essentialPart of SCARF. We rely onvolunteers to help with theday to day running of thestore.
There are also opportunitiesfor volunteers to getinvolved with runningworkshops & promotionalactivities.
For more information
www.scarf4art.co.uk
www.facebook.com/scarfwolverhampton
Hope to see you there soon!