During the European Week for Waste Reduction 19 faith groups across Belfast collected over 2,200 old winter coats to be donated to the homeless charity, The Welcome.
The organisation is delighted with the response and their store rooms have gone from being empty to overflowing, allowing them to help other local homeless organisations. As well as the coats going to a very worthwhile cause, approximately 2 tonnes of what would have been waste was collected and passed on for re-use.