Zero Waste School options:
School Uniforms:
- Buy or Sell:
- Second hand uniforms on SchoolDays.ie.
- SchoolStuff.ie
- Second hand uniforms on Buy and Sell Sites.
- Pass on or Donate:
- The Schooly app allows you to add your schools and then freecycle your unwanted school uniforms and books with other parents in that school.
- People in Direct Provision may accept donations of school uniforms.
- Freecycle groups.
- Some schools have annual uniform sales which give parents a chance to pass on uniforms.
- Gateway to Education (Limerick) provides secondhand school essentials, such as school books, reading books, clothing, and uniforms.
School Bags:
Communion Outfits:
- Many people use buy and sell sites and groups to buy and sell communion dresses.
- Local freecycle groups.
- Donate to people in need:
- Family Resource Centres around Ireland – may take donations
- Many charity shops sell communion dresses.
- Dublin:
- Ballymun Child and Family Resource Centre – may take donations of Communion outfits.
- Special Occasions – donations of communion outfits.
- The Keepsake Box
- Communion Outfit Rental:
School Books:
- The Schooly app allows you to add your schools and then freecycle your school books with other parents in that school.
- Can be advertised on SchoolDays.ie
- BookHaven.ie – Dublin – used school books
- OpeningMinds.ie – Dublin and Louth – offers a second hand service during summer months.
- TheShelf.ie – Cork – new and used school books
- TonyClark.ie
- HighStreetBooks.ie
- Local civic amenity sites/recycling centres – some take second hand books and sell them.
- School books can be donated to Gateway to Education in Limerick.
Children’s Sports:
- The Clubby app allows you add your local sports clubs and freecycle sportswear and sports equipment with the other parents in that club.