One of the simplest ways to be live more sustainably is to buy second-life goods instead of new. Not only does it save you money, it also reduce the amount of waste we generate it also saves resources that would go into making new items. A veritable win, win, win.
We all know that charity shops can be a great source of second-life goods but where else can you source them? Well look now further. This article lists sources for pre-loved of every imaginable description
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Clothing, Shoes, Accessories
Check out my article Where to buy Second-Life Clothes in Ireland for this info
Furniture
Check out my article Second Hand Furniture & Home in Ireland for this info
Electronics
- Refurb.ie
- Techstar.ie
- mintplus.ie
- envirofone
- CEX Stores
- Wisetekstore.com (based in Cork)
- musicmagpie.co.uk
- Swappie is a Finnish website that sells refurbished iPhones
- Cloney Audio (audio equipment – Blackrock, Co Dublin)
- Amazon now has a refurbished electronics section
- Apple also sells refurbished Apple devices on it’s website
- adverts.ie
- ebay
Electrical Goods
- Second hand furniture & Electrics Dublin Facebook Group
- Second hand furniture & Electrics Cork Facebook Group
- Budget Appliances – Drogheda & Dublin 9
- TVAE Electrical Goods – (Refurbished – Cork)
CDs, Books, Games
- Opening Minds (school books – online & multiple outlets)
- Book Haven (school books – online & multiple outlets)
- High Street Books (school books – online & Cork)
- The Shelf (school books – online & Cork)
- Banner Books, (Ennistymon, Clare)
- The Secret Book Store, Dublin 2
- Marrowbone Books, Dublin 8
- Tony Clarke (school books – online & Limerick)
- MW Books (Galway)
- Charlie Byrne bookshop (Galway)
- Kennys, (Have second-hand option for some titles, online & Galway)
- Bookshop.ie, (Thurles, Co Tipperary)
- Readers Paradise Bookshop, (Wexford)
- Bookworldireland.com (online)
- Thriftify.ie sells books, CD’s, and movies on behalf of charities and social-enterprises
- Keith’s Cactus Books (gardening books – UK)
- Betterworldbooks in an American website that sells old Library books destined for landfill and redirects the profits back to supporting libraries.
- Bookshop.org is a US based climate-neutral Bcorp that supports authors and local bookstores. They have sites for the UK and Spain too.
- Book Finder is a great tool for finding hard-to-find books.
- CEX Stores (games, movies)
- Game Cycle in a UK based sharing platform where you can earn points for trading games, which you can redeem against games you want
- The Rage (vinyl – online, based in Dublin 8)
- Freebird Records (CDs & vinyl – online and in store, Dublin 2)
- Spindizzy Records (CDs, vinyl & DVDs, online and in store, Dublin 2)
- Records and Relics (West Cork)
- musicmagpie.co.uk for (books, movies, games and music)
- Your local charity shop
- adverts.ie
- ebay
Wedding
- See my article on Sustainable Ethical Weddings
Sports / Bikes
- A lot of bike shops like the Cyclesuperstore in Dublin 24 sell second-hand bikes alongside new ones.
- ReCycle (bikes – Dublin 18)
- Rediscovery Centre, (bikes – Dublin 9)
- Rothar, (bikes – Dublin 7)
- Belfield Bike Shop, (bikes – Dublin 4)
- Frontline Bikes, (bikes – Dublin 8)
- Bicycle Recycle, (bikes – Balbriggan, Co Dublin)
- Cork Community Bikes, (bikes – Cork)
- An Mheitheal Rothar, (bikes – Galway)
- Renew Enterprises, (bikes – Waterford)
- Usedbikes.ie, (bikes – online marketplace)
- Outdoor Gear Facebook Group
- Rackets – (second hand rackets, Dublin 6)
- You can buy second-hand wetsuits for kids from the Great Outdoors. And you can return it to them and get a discount voucher for another one when you’re done with it.
- Pool Ireland (pool tables- Limerick)
- adverts.ie
- ebay
Horticultural Equipment
Toys
- Your local charity shop
- musicmagpie.co.uk (lego – UK)
- Preloved Wooden, Vintage & Educational Toys
- Preloved Plastic Toys Ireland
- Preloved Toys Ireland – Imagine, Create, Build
- adverts.ie
- ebay
- Young Planet is an app dedicated to helping to rehome kids stuff. Based in UK but there may be users in Ireland
General
There are quite a few second-hand marketplaces online now including
- Adverts.ie
- Facebook Marketplace
- DoneDeal.ie
- Gumtree.ie
- ForSale.ie
- The Dealer.ie
- For a list of Buy & Sell Facebook Groups check out this listing on circularliving.ie
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