Commercial Partners

Since we started in 1989, we have created strong ties with some of the most well-known retailers in the UK. Our commercial partners range from big department stores, to TV + Film storage companies, to interior designers. The scope of who we work with is vast!

John Lewis & Partners

Reuse Network and John Lewis & Partners have been working together since 2014 to divert usable items from landfill and into the homes of people who need them. In 2019, items donated from John Lewis & Partners to our charity members generated around a quarter of a million pounds. This money has supported UK charities in providing access to essential household goods to people in need.

Between 2014 and 2024 Reuse Network successfully ran the John Lewis Sofa Reuse Scheme across all UK stores. Collecting customer takeback sofas from the John Lewis delivery hubs, Reuse Network members worked to give these items a second lease of life and pass them on to those in need.

In 2022, 7,419 sofas were collected through the scheme, and together John Lewis & Partners and Reuse Network members created incredible social and environmental impact:

  • Helped 2,121 households across the UK
  • Saved households £397,650 compared to buying
    items new
  • Diverted 2,651 items from landfill
  • Prevented 160 tonnes of carbon emissions

If you’d like to find out how your organisation can work with Reuse Network to divert good quality items from landfill and into the homes of people who need them, please contact Hannah Jordan, Chief Operations Officer, on hannah.jordan@reuse-network.org.uk.

Currys

Since 2014, Currys (formerly Dixons Carphone), DHL Envirosolutions and Reuse Network members have worked together for the reuse of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) to supply low-income households with affordable goods – this partnership provides an average 27,000 units a year in all of the UK.

Currys believe that all tech is valuable and through its commercial partnership with us, Currys has been able to divert thousands of products from landfill and into the hands of people who need them the most.

Find out more about Currys here.

IKEA

Reuse Network has been supporting IKEA UK deliver their Furniture Takeback Scheme since 2010 and empowers IKEA stores to make a real difference in their local community by diverting waste from landfill and access to reusable goods for sofas, mattresses and electrical appliances. In the case that any item is not reusable, it will be disassembled and recycled with the lowest environmental impact.

ASDA

The Reuse Network have been supported by ASDA since 2019.

Working closely together with ASDA’s  stores and distribution centres across the UK. ASDA kindly donate furniture, café equipment and aggregate material that our members reuse within their organisations.

Through it commitment to playing its part in accelerating solutions which protect and regenerate our environment, ASDA have made significant CO2 savings by donating products that would otherwise go to landfill.

Find out more about ASDA here

MEARS

MEARS is one of the UK’s leading housing and care providers – supplying housing to central and local government. Since 2015, Reuse Network and MEARS have been working closely, with MEARS donating good quality household goods and appliances from its house clearances.

Reuse Network members have regularly supported with house clearances by taking away good quality household items which are then distributed to members in their local communities.

Find out more about MEARS here

If you’d like to become a Reuse Network commercial partner, please contact our Chief Operations Officer for more information:

hannah.jordan@reuse-network.org.uk

0117 954 3552