Welcome to Gensalg

Would you like to help extend the life of our fine reusable goods, save our climate from tonnes of CO2 emissions, and at the same time help people on the edge of the labour market? Welcome to Gensalg.

Where can I find you?

We have a second-hand store at the recycling centre in Roskilde and another at the recycling centre in Køge. Both stores are open on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Gensalg does NOT have the same opening hours as our recycling centres.

What can I buy or donate?

At our second-hand store, you can find unique items for yourself, your home, or someone you care about. We receive new items in our stores every day.

The goods come from you or others who have donated usable items for reuse at our recycling centres. Look for the reuse area "under the canopy" at the recycling centre. Here you can drop off usable items that others can enjoy, instead of sending them for recycling or energy recovery.

For example, you can buy or donate:

Furniture
Lamps
Mirrors
Paintings
Knick-knacks
Ceramics
Kitchen utensils
Electronics
Books
DVDs, CDs and LPs
Clothing, shoes and bags
Toys
Baby and children's equipment
Bicycles
Garden furniture

If you have useful items that aren't on the list, ask us if we will accept them the next time we meet at the recycling centre.

What do I support?

Gensalg a non-profit organization that does not aim to generate a financial profit. When you donate and buy items at Gensalg, you are supporting people, society, the environment, and climate.

Gensalg brings people who are far from the labour market to a job and creates meaning and joy in the everyday lives of our stqaff and customers. We have employees in flexible jobs, part-time jobs, and other different programmes, such as company internships, language internships, job trials, and STU programmes (specially designed education for young people with special needs). In addition, Gensalg collaborates with several municipal workshops, which are typically for people with special challenges.

Click here to see how the money is spent.

Human beings

Gensalg employs many people on the edge of the labour market through flex jobs, company and language internships, community service and job testing.

We also collaborate with several municipal workshops to refurbish and repair the items we pass on. The workshops are typically for people with special needs who find it difficult to find a regular job.

Society

Gensalg donates items to both humanitarian organizations and educational institutions. Among others to Red Cross, Save the Children, Men's Home and to youth programmes.

We also send items to schools and daycare centres. We do this through the Schools Second-Hand Warehouse, where teachers and educators can pick up reusable items for teaching and play.

Environment and climate

When you drop off or buy things in Gensalg , you help extend the life of the items and prevent the production of new ones. Together, we also reduce the amount of items that would otherwise have been energy recovered through incineration.

Our stores sold 391,891 second-hand items in 2024.
This corresponds to a CO2 saving of approximately 5,069 tonnes of CO2

This website has been translated from Danish to English by using artificial intelligence (AI)