After becoming a homeowner, I have acquired many things I do not need or want. All of these items were on my property at the time of purchase.
Rather than throwing away many of these items, which are mainly in decent shape. I decided to try to give them to other deserving homes. These items aren’t new, or fancy. Their just items I don’t need or want.
The only outlets that I knew of, until now were the local newspaper and a “trading post” at the local trash site. Yesterday I discovered an amazing way to relinquish these items, and make a larger audience aware of them. It’s called Freecycle.
It was started with the old saying that “one mans trash is another mans treasure.” Keeping unwanted items out of our landfills is a great way to help the enviroment, which is the main scope of freecycle.
I immediately signed up, and added some posts for items I have been tirelessly trying to eliminate from my land. When we removed the hideous pool from our backyard, it left a big pit with sand and gravel in it. I have placed free ads about it, and let my neighbors have all they want. It hasn’t even put a dent in the sheer amount of material there.
2 hours after I posted this entry, I had over 20 responses asking about it, and when they could get it. Hopefully we can get our yard back in some order now.
Check it out, if you have workable items you need to get rid of, you never know who might want them!