January 9, 2020

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH The purpose of this report is to explore furniture provision in Guelph and Wellington, the potential need for a Furniture Bank and propose recommendations for moving forward.

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Looking at all sources of furniture reuse in the UK it does quantify furniture bank operations. Furniture Re-use Organisations (FRO) are social enterprises or charities that receive

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH In 2009, WRAP published Meeting the UK Climate Challenge: The Contribution of Resource Efficiency. This showed that one of the best resource efficiency strategies for reducing greenhouse

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Ensuring homeless persons have adequate furniture is essential if they are to maintain their new tenancies and avoid repeat homelessness. This has been widely recognised in the

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. Thirty systematic reviews were identified. This paper summarizes the results the effects

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH This fact sheet provides a review of the living and housing conditions of Indigenous households in Canada. The fact sheet begins by presenting demographic data, housing statistics and

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH The bulky fraction of the waste stream is underexploited in terms of recycling and reuse. Although Furniture Reuse Organizations (FRO) redistribute approximately two million items per year,

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH A resource for health and community workers, activists and local residents to understand how the social determinants of health impact chronic disease–and what we can do about

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH A case study approach exploring the complex interplay of reuse and furniture. The research finds that policies have significant impact on the scope of furniture re-use if