Re: Earth Day - Freecycle

**L* J* <l*@tds.net>**

I just did a story on FreeCycle...as a way to cut back when the town 
does their Heavy Trash Pick ups...I used the term "Eco-chic"...hoping 
maybe people won't think of it sin terms of  "scrounging."

At 12:23 PM 4/24/2008, you wrote:
>The problem I have with freecycle is that many items that are given
>away could have been sold by a nonprofit that needs the
>money.  However, freecycle's giving people partial cans of paint and
>other items that would just clog the landfill and the thrift stores
>won't carry make it a valuable resource.  I used to advertise some
>items on freecycle, but about 50% of the people who said they wanted
>an item never showed up.  Margaret Lauterbach
>
> >Generally, yes. Once in a while, if an object is lightweight, the offerer
> >might drop them in the mail. I got a ticket to the zoo that way.
> >
> >We encourage members to post in a format that includes their major
> >intersection, so that a person who might want the item knows how far they'd
> >have to travel. For example, one of my recent posts was Offer: Legal Sized
> >Paper - McFarland 400 area.
> >
> >Someone who's going past my intersection on their way to the office can
> >readily stop by, while someone who lived on the other side of town wouldn't
> >find it worth the gas to drive that far for 3 packs of paper. On the other
> >hand, when I got rid of my chest freezer, I had people answering from about
> >20 miles away.
> >
> >It's a great way to declutter, and keeps tons of stuff from ending up in the
> >landfill.
> >
> >d
>
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"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. 
When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to 
use it with love and respect."

Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949)

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