Freecycling

My sister Liz sent me this article from an online (save-a tree!) newsletter she gets:

"It’s kind of like recycling"
We all like to get new things. But maybe your budget limits you from buying everything you need or want. Well, that doesn’t mean you have to go without. Maybe you can rely on the kindness of strangers to help you out. Freecycle is a site dedicated to reducing the growth of landfills. Members can post items they no longer want. Or, you can post a message requesting something. All the “freecycling” is done on a local basis. So sign up for your local group – there are over 4,000 communities! If there isn’t a local community of people using Freecycle, you might consider starting one. www.freecycle.org

Both Petaluma and Santa Rosa have groups. On the left of the front page of the site is where you click to find your local group. Then you can either choose to go to their site or join! I have not joined Petaluma's yet, but will look into it. It might be a fun kind of swap meet! I am going to see if I can join more than one. Enlarges my options of finding things and finding people who might want something of mine!

Also, I cannot remember if anyone posted this website or not, so I'll do it again:

www.ecohaul.com

It looks to be a great resource to reuse, recycle, reduce. It is a familiar site to me, so it seems like it has been posted here before. But again, refresher on things doesn't hurt when we are all still embracing this new lifestyle!

I have also noticed that local schools accepted things like printer cartridges to recycle. They apparently get money for them. Using this resource to recylce helps the planet and some kids!