Transform your city. Make sharing & reuse the norm.
From sharing city pilot, to region-wide impact. Our end-to-end service embeds sharing libraries into the circular infrastructure of cities - driving waste prevention, social value, and climate targets at scale.
Prevent. Reuse. Reshare.
London demonstrates it: sharing libraries unlock circular cities
In London, we operate a sharing-city demonstrator with 23 neighbourhood sharing libraries.
Our citizen-led model drives climate action by embedding circular behaviours in our communities - sharing tools, learning repair and encouraging reuse - with proven impact.
Rentals
Over 80,000
Electrical reused
432 tonnes
Members saved
Over £12m
Waste saved
514 tonnes
That's Mete
"We’re proud to be leading the way when it comes to sustainability"
– Mete Coban MBE
Deputy Mayor for Environment & Energy
Ten years of listening and learning has shaped Library of Things around what communities need: fairer access, connection, learning, participation and joy.
These principles drive lasting behaviour change in neighbourhoods and scale powerfully at city-wide.
Sharing libraries spark lasting behaviour change
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What goes into our sharing city infrastructure?
4 service ingredients for circular city success
Joyful, frictionless user journey
High street hubs: Self-service libraries in libraries, shops, community centres.
Expert technicians: Maintaining and repairing electrical items to extend lifecycles.
Behaviour change campaigns: From ownership to sharing -campaigns that stick.
How it works
From concept to sharing city in three steps
Our three stage programme is tailored for partners leading and delivering strategies for city regions, local authorities and waste management services. It's built on ten years experience rolling out sharing stations and what's needed to grow usage and impact over time.
Phase 1
Service design
Co-design vision & outcomes
Map community & circular ecosystem
Scope and plan network locations and roll-out
Phase 2
One-Year Pilot
Launch 3-5 sharing libraries
Design operations to deliver
Co-design awareness campaign
Measure impact
Phase 3
City wide roll-out
Launch remaining hubs
Co-design & deliver multi-year operations and behaviour change strategy
Measure and grow impact
Meet our sharing city partners
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Want to kickstart a community sharing library?
We started as a grassroots community project in South London and designed our approach to meet the challenges of building a self-sustaining sharing library. From software to a seed fund - find out how we can help you kick-start your own community-led sharing library.
Why partner with Library of Things?
A decade of expertise pioneering sharing in cities
With ten years of hands-on innovation, we know what works.
Expertise in behaviour
change and community engagement
We’ve developed tools that successfully shift citizens from ownership to access.
Robust, data–driven
impact and scalable solutions
Our approach delivers measurable savings in carbon, waste, and household costs.
A blueprint for
climate action led by partnership
We co-create with councils, housing associations, and businesses, ensuring models fit local priorities.
What we're thinking about
From ownership to access, read the latest sharing economy insights from our London demonstrator and beyond
We're pioneering a new way of doing business
Thriving communities. Healthy ecosystems. Good jobs for all. This is how our society and economy could look if businesses prioritised impact over profit.
From our unique governance model of steward-ownership, to impact investment and organisational culture - learn how we've built a business around the principles of regeneration, fair exchange to do business differently.