Volunteer at our Reuse Shops
Our Reuse volunteer teams are proud to work at our Household Reuse and Recycling Centres to ensure high-quality, working, clean items can be given a second chance, and are diverted from waste.
Our task is to reduce the quantity of waste recycled and disposed of, and increase the amount reused via our Recycling Centres and Reuse Shops.
We are passionate about reuse and welcome you to join us in our mission to ensure valuable and useful items and materials are not unnecessarily wasted.
Reuse volunteer roles
We’ve split our volunteer roles into two areas: Donation Support Volunteer and Till Support Volunteer
These two roles are not only essential to the running of the Reuse Shops, but are also two very different roles, suited for different working and personality types.
Donation Support Volunteer
This role assists the team in the smooth transition of receiving donations at the drop-off to bringing them to the shop floor to be sold.
The key responsibilities of this role are:
- Assisting residents with dropping off donations
- Checking items against quality standards
- Pricing items
- Merchandising items on the shop floor
This role is key in ensuring that residents receive the right information on donating and ensuring customers get high-quality items at affordable prices.
Till Support Volunteer
This role assists the team in the smooth running of the shop, helping to generate income for expanding our reuse offer and raising money for local charities.
The key responsibilities of this role are:
- Welcoming customers with a friendly face
- Dealing with customer purchases and returns
- Helping customers with questions about items
- Tracking sales correctly through the till system
- Merchandising items in the shop (when quiet)
This role is key in ensuring that customers receive an exceptional experience when visiting the Reuse Shop, receive a smooth experience in purchasing/returning items and are encouraged to shop in the future.
Perks and benefits of volunteering
Why should you volunteer with Bristol Waste?
20% discount and expenses covered
20% discount on items at the Reuse Shops and travel costs covered.
Help save the environment
Help us reduce the amount of items that are thrown to waste
Make friends and build confidence
Build your confidence and skills whilst making friends in our volunteer community.
As a volunteer in the Avonmouth waste shop, I’ve been so impressed by my passionate colleagues who live, eat and breathe the cause of reuse.
Barbara, Reuse Shop volunteer
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Frequently asked questions
Volunteers must be able to travel to the Reuse Shop reliably.
The minimum age to volunteer is 18 years old.
Volunteering is welcome in two shifts:
Morning shift – 09:30-12:30
Afternoon shift – 12:30-15:30
If volunteering for both shifts, then a half-hour lunch break will be given.
The Reuse Shops are open 09:30 to 15:30, five days a week when the Household Reuse and Recycling Centre site is open.