Freecycle.org is cool. A great way to get rid of stuff you don’t want without pitching it in a landfill.
I had been saving junk CDs for about six years because they aren’t recyclable. I figured someday I’d do something with them. Of course, I never did. I couldn’t feel good about throwing them away, so I registered for my local freecycle area and asked if anybody wanted them. The next day, they were gone… picked up by somebody who’s going to make them into a lamp.
Over the weekend I should be losing some scrap wood I’ve also had for years, under the furnace, that somebody actually wants.
It’s a win.
The downside is that you will get 4,354,987 emails a day offering you things like “used socks” and “cans of soup/meat”
Yeah. Turned off email notifications just now. :)
You can find you closest Freecycle groups and see them on a map at finder.overcycle.com