Recycle your stuff, baby
After the kids grow up (or grow out of whatever fit last month), parents are left with a glut of stuff—Baby Bjorns, cradle swings, snuglis. Some parents hand down the bounty to friends or family, while others store the goods in the basement (just in case). But a growing group of parents are turning to grassroots Web sites to unload unwanted items and alleviate their consumer guilt.
Zwaggle.com, which I wrote about here, is a social network designed to let parents donate baby goods to others in need. In exchange for charity, that member will earn points to pick up something else from another parent. Members pay only for shipping for their desired item.
San Francisco-based Zwaggle has only been public for a few months, so its community is still small at about 2,000 members. But Freecycle.org, a nonprofit based in Austin, Texas, boasts millions of members in 75 countries–people who are ultimately keeping more than 300 tons of stuff out of landfills per day, according to the company. Through Freecycle, subscribers can find a Yahoo e-mail list of locals who are giving away perfectly usable goods. Last I checked in San Francisco, Freecyclers were offering two baby car seats, a pair of boots and a bottle of Dove hair conditioner.
What’s that saying? One man’s trash is another’s treasure.
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:30 am
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March 11th, 2009 at 1:03 am
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