Kringwinkel

Kringwinkel is a Belgian second-hand store chain. It sells second-hand goods through its shops, a webshop and an auction, and it also operates give points (Geefpunten) where people can hand in reusable items. All Kringwinkels are non-profit organisations (vzw's), meaning profit is not distributed to shareholders or owners but reinvested in the social mission of more reuse and more social employment.

The Kringwinkel website marks 25 years of Kringwinkel, celebrated together. All Kringwinkels are non-profit organisations (vzw's); profit is not distributed to shareholders or owners but reinvested in the social mission of more reuse and more social employment. The organisation reports 93,700 tonnes of goods collected per year, 6,482 social employment jobs, 140 Kringwinkels and 155 give points. It states that revenues from its shops, webshop, auction and gift vouchers create work and guidance for around 7,000 employees, of whom 83% work through a social employment pathway, and finance the collection, sorting, checking, repair and sale of second-hand goods.

Second-hand buying framed as doing good: reuse, saving money, keeping goods off the waste mountain, and creating meaningful jobs.

• Second-hand goods

  Reusable goods collected, sorted, checked, repaired and sold through Kringwinkel shops, webshop and auction.

1. 1Kringwinkel - Opnieuw gelukkringwinkel.be
2. 2Kringwinkelwikidata.org