Re: [Biofuel] Dealing with stuff

[Doug]

Darryl,
 Thanks for everything. Sad to see it end.

 An Australian alternative is 'Freecycle'
The Freecycle Network
https://www.freecycle.org/

This works really well, with people asking, or offering.

I would alo suggest these news feeds:
Giles Parkinson - Renew Economy : Renew Economy
reneweconomy.com.au/author/giles/

Giles Parkinson - One Step Off The Grid
https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/author/giles-parkinson/

(Giles runs both: he is a well known alternative energy journalist)
Happy New Year!
Thanks, Doug 


On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:40:12 -0500
Darryl McMahon  wrote:

> Our household has again been the beneficiary of the Christmas bounty of 
> stuff.  (E.g., I'm using the new keyboard I received, which is more 
> compact much nicer than the vintage unit I was using until a couple of 
> days ago, and the old board will go in the parts bin until someone needs 
> a free, working unit.)
> 
> However, it occurs to me it's a good opportunity to speak of 
> alternatives to sending things to 'away'.  The landfill or incinerator 
> or whatever else ends up as the final destination for where unwanted 
> stuff goes when we throw it 'away'.
> 
> I expect most of this e-mail is old news for list subscribers, but 
> perhaps there is something here you could pass along to others.
> 
> Alternatives to 'away'
> 
> I started writing on this topic a couple of decades ago (or more), and 
> my web pages still see a fair bit of traffic.  I have not maintained 
> them as much as I might in recent years, so any updates would be welcome.
> 
> http://www.econogics.com/en/enreusea.htm
> 
> http://www.econogics.com/en/enviro.htm
> 
> http://www.econogics.com/econogic.htm
> 
> Some other items have come my way in the past few days - and 
> re-purposing smart phones was not on my radar in the 80s and 90s.
> 
> http://www.businessinsider.com/what-to-do-with-old-android-smartphone-use-robot-recycle-baby-vr-christmas-2016-12
> 
> I'm thinking of re-purposing one phone as a GPS / dash cam.  With the 
> new Google Maps allowing one to store maps (no continuous data 
> connection required), this is more feasible with no data plan required.
> 
> This sizable list also arrived in the past couple of days.
> 
> http://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/recycle-your-unwanted-stuff/
> 
> And don't discount the 'sharing economy' as a means of reducing our need 
> to own stuff.
> 
> More on the Story of Stuff at http://storyofstuff.org/
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[Biofuel] Dealing with stuff

[Darryl McMahon]

Our household has again been the beneficiary of the Christmas bounty of 
stuff.  (E.g., I'm using the new keyboard I received, which is more 
compact much nicer than the vintage unit I was using until a couple of 
days ago, and the old board will go in the parts bin until someone needs 
a free, working unit.)


However, it occurs to me it's a good opportunity to speak of 
alternatives to sending things to 'away'.  The landfill or incinerator 
or whatever else ends up as the final destination for where unwanted 
stuff goes when we throw it 'away'.


I expect most of this e-mail is old news for list subscribers, but 
perhaps there is something here you could pass along to others.


Alternatives to 'away'

I started writing on this topic a couple of decades ago (or more), and 
my web pages still see a fair bit of traffic.  I have not maintained 
them as much as I might in recent years, so any updates would be welcome.


http://www.econogics.com/en/enreusea.htm

http://www.econogics.com/en/enviro.htm

http://www.econogics.com/econogic.htm

Some other items have come my way in the past few days - and 
re-purposing smart phones was not on my radar in the 80s and 90s.


http://www.businessinsider.com/what-to-do-with-old-android-smartphone-use-robot-recycle-baby-vr-christmas-2016-12

I'm thinking of re-purposing one phone as a GPS / dash cam.  With the 
new Google Maps allowing one to store maps (no continuous data 
connection required), this is more feasible with no data plan required.


This sizable list also arrived in the past couple of days.

http://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/recycle-your-unwanted-stuff/

And don't discount the 'sharing economy' as a means of reducing our need 
to own stuff.


More on the Story of Stuff at http://storyofstuff.org/
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