Re: Earth Day - Freecycle

**F* G* <f*@gmail.com>**

I'd like to read your article, Lynn.

Fran

> 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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