Don and Penney started out the same way a lot of secondhand businesses do, hosting garage sales at their own home and passing along clothes from family members, before that habit grew into a real storefront. D and P Recycled Treasures opened its first location in North Bay, Ontario in 2019, and the owners have since added a second store in the city, giving the business two active spots for donations, drop-offs, and shopping rather than a single small shopfront. The original store sits at 1399 Hammond Street, operating since 2019, and the second location opened in 2021 at 257 Main Street East, which the owners refer to as the Main St location for in-store promotions.
The shop accepts donations of new and used goods and turns them into unique, affordable finds across a wide range of categories: clothes, furniture, toys, kitchenware, electronics and tech, and jewellery, with new items rotating in regularly as donations and drop-offs come through the doors. Pick-up options are available for larger items that cannot easily be brought in, and the business encourages anyone with things to give away, no item too big or too small, to call ahead and coordinate a drop-off or delivery. That steady intake of community donations is what keeps the inventory changing week to week rather than sitting static, and shoppers looking for something specific are invited to message the store directly with item requests.
For customers who want to spread out a purchase, D and P Recycled Treasures offers a two-week layaway option, allowing an item to be held before it needs to be paid for in full, and the store also runs a standing seniors discount alongside periodic storewide sales at the Main Street location. Beyond retail, the business describes itself as passionate about supporting the local North Bay community with affordable, sustainable, and unique goods, and it is a proud supporter of the North Bay Humane Society, tying its secondhand model to a local charitable cause rather than treating resale purely as a transaction.
Running two locations in North Bay gives D and P Recycled Treasures more capacity for both incoming donations and outgoing sales than a single small thrift shop typically has, while keeping the business rooted in the same family operation that started with backyard garage sales. Customers can reach the Hammond Street store and the Main Street store separately by phone, or contact the business by email for general questions, item requests, or to arrange a donation pickup. For anyone in North Bay looking to recycle household goods responsibly, find an affordable secondhand item across categories from furniture to electronics, or support a locally run business with a direct charitable tie to the community, D and P Recycled Treasures offers two Don and Penney-run storefronts built entirely around reusing what the community already has. It stands as a North Bay institution turning donated clothes, furniture, and household goods into affordable finds since 2019.
