In the late morning, there is a bustle of activity in Calle Cedro in the east of Palma. The door to a vast salesroom stands open. Step inside the large hall, and you are faced with a jumble of everyday items for sale: clothing, furniture, toys, beds, bicycles – you can find just about everything here. Anyone interested can drop off anything they no longer need, or buy refurbished second-hand goods at one of the seven premises run by the Deixalles Foundation in Mallorca.

Interested parties can drop off anything they no longer need or pick up refurbished second-hand goods at the Deixalles Foundation's seven locations on Mallorca. Hidden behind the room is the workshop area. This is where the sorting and upcycling of goods begins.

“Sometimes we find little treasures”, Xesca Marti.

In the first workshop, clothing and fabrics are processed. At a cutting table, a young woman is sorting strips of cloth from old jeans. “We turn these into bags or rucksacks,” explains Xesca Marti, Director of the Deixalles Foundation, as she gives a tour. Items that would otherwise be thrown away are given a new lease of life here. Deixalles was deliberately named after the Catalan word for “remnants”. The sale of second-hand goods enables the foundation to help people re-enter the job market through social programmes. Every year, hundreds of people are integrated into the world of work through a variety of training and employment contracts.