A charity is donating office items destined for landfill to schools facing tight budgets.
By Clara Bullock & Cheryl DennisA school says the money it has saved by being donated used office furniture will be spent on gym equipment.
The charity Business 2 Schools saves office items going to landfill by giving it to schools on tight budgets. Matthew Cave, headteacher at Four Acres Academy in Bristol, said: "From the amount of money we've saved from this delivery, we are going to get some gym equipment for the playgrounds."Instead of spending lots of money on furniture, we can use it for other stuff," a student at Four Acres Academy added.
The charity estimate that one tonne of reused furniture saves around three tonnes in carbon emissions.
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