TY - THES ID - 139132077 TI - On Reuse Centres : One Person's Trash Is Another Person's Treasure AU - Joris, Sophie AU - Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen. Departement Handelswetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde Geel PY - 2004 PB - Geel Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:139132077 AB - In my final paper I talk about three reuse centres: one in Belgium, named "De Kringwinkel" and two in Great-Britain, namely Create-UK and Recycle-It!. You can give all your discarded but still usable goods to a reuse centre; you can bring them yourself, or an employee of the reuse centre collects them from your house. All goods are sorted, disinfected and if necessary repaired. They are then offered for sale in the shop where you can buy them at 10% to 20% of their original price. To carry out all these jobs, a reuse centre has to employ many persons. Reuse shops are no ordinary second-hand shops. A reuse centre works towards three different goals. First of all they pay attention to the environment as they give reusable goods a new destination in order to make the waste heap smaller. Secondly, they contribute to social employment as they offer a job to people who have difficulties finding a job. And thirdly, they sell decent and original second-hand goods at low prices. This means that they perfectly fit into the project of "Sustainable development". Sustainable development means: Ecologically Sustainable, Socially Acceptable and Economically Sound. Reuse centres are non-profit organisations, so it is not their main purpose to make any profit, they are not commercially motivated. As they do not have to buy the goods they sell, they can keep prices as low as possible. I did two surveys on the Kringwinkel: one in the shops of Mol, Peer and Lommel and one via e-mail. Besides, I did a very restricted survey via e-mail in North England. The most important results of my survey in the Kringwinkels themselves are that most of the customers visit the shop often. Half of them often buy something and almost half of them sometimes buy goods. From my survey via e-mail I can conclude that most of the interviewees have visited a Kringwinkel. Most of them do sometimes buy something. From both my surveys on the Kringwinkel I can conclude that many people know the Kringwink... ER -