How to donate quality second-hand items

Donating items can be a great way to give them a second chance at life and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

How can you decide if you should donate something or if you should reuse, repair, or recycle it?

Here are tips to ensure you donate only high-quality items to Council's Treasure Troves.

You can find Council's Treasure Troves in Geebung and Acacia Ridge, open every weekend from 8am-4pm.

Where can I donate in Brisbane?

To ensure your pre-loved items get the best chance at another life, make sure they are donated at the right place.

Council's Treasure Troves sell items collected from our resource recovery centres. Drop off pre-loved items at these centres, and our experts will decide if they are suitable for resale at Council's Treasure Troves.

Council's Treasure Troves cannot accept donation items because of limited space.

Our resource recovery centres accept donations every day of the year.

What items can I donate? What items do facilities not accept?

Make sure the items you donate are:

• in good, fit-for-purpose condition
• clean
• free of stains and rips
• undamaged (no cracks, chips or missing pieces).

To test if an item is suitable for donation, consider if you would give it to a friend. If the answer is 'yes', it's more than likely that a second-hand shop will be able to resell this item. If the answer is 'no,' the item is not suitable for donation.

What to do with unaccepted donation?

If your item is not suitable for donation, consider other ways it (or parts of it) can be used. 

If the item is no longer usable, consider reusing, repairing, or recycling it.

If your item is recyclable, place it in your recycling bin or take it to a resource recovery centre.

Support a charity

Council's Treasure Troves are operated by the Endeavour Foundation who provide opportunities to people living with a disability.

Donating items to Council's resource recovery centres supports charity and helps reduce landfill waste.