Green Scheme Certification 2023

The Hope Shop

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54 Rawhiti Road, Manly Village, Whangaparaoa - Open 10 am to 4 pm every day except Sunday

The Hope Shop are a very small store so good for us to use as a comparison, they currently have good practices particularly re labeling of clothing but this sort of action is impractical for larger scale action.

The Hope Shop

The Hope Shop are a very small store so good for us to use as a comparison, they currently have good practices particularly re labeling of clothing but this sort of action is impractical for larger scale action.

They currently pass on the problem of unsold clothes and are interested in finding out other options but are limited with staff and time.

We selected The Hope Shop to be one of our pilot businesses under our “Retail based” survey which we undertook on 12 July 2023 because of their size, management purely by volunteers and their willingness to be open and look for opportunities.

Actions Taken at the time of the Survey

  • Rub out and reuse price tags

  • Pin price tags on clothing with safety pins and reuse

  • Already done a HCZW waste audit and some measuring and taking small actions

  • Only give customers receipts on request

  • Got no printer and no paperwork

  • Got a volunteer who takes their waste and sorts for recycling - nothing physical is sorted in store this is any non-clothing waste

  • No food waste as little/no eating in store

  • Only put clothes in bags if asked and use brown paper bags or reuse bags - most customers don’t want bags

  • Minimal products used for cleaning as mostly just dust and sweep (unsure who cleaned the toilet)

  • All products are donated so all local

The Hope Shop Green Scheme Certificate

Actions Not taken at the time of the Survey and would like to consider

  • Currently send unsold clothes to Hospice or in clothing bins however this is just passing the problem on - would be keen to find out other options for recycling or reusing their unsold clothes instead of just passing on the problem

  • Got no targets re waste reduction but there is little waste anyway

 

The Hope Shop 2023 Eco Labels

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  • The business has made a significant effort to move away from single-use practices and items and towards re-use instead. An example of this is establishing a mug library or borrowing system to reduce the use of single-use coffee cups.


  • The business is sourcing local products, produce or onselling for local makers. For example, this could look like cafes buying NZ produce to cook with, and the homeware store stocks locally made ceramics or crafts


  • This business is taking steps to reduce its single-use waste. Once a business has demonstrated a significant and sustained reduction of single-use practices and items, it can become a re-use champion or be close to zero.


  • The business has been waste audited by an experienced waste audit group.