Trade, Rent, or Take to Save Cash and the Environment

Date: Thursday October 16, 2008
Posted in: Carbon Neutral

There are websites dedicated to putting you in touch with other people who either want to trade, rent or just give you stuff.

These are 2 videos that talk about the kinds of stuff you can do this with and links to the websites they mention:

Rent
frombagstoriches.com
avelle.com
borrowedbling.com
allthatbags.com
rentmeahandbag.com

Trade
swaptree.com
zwaggle.com
bookmooch.com
peerflix.com

Borrow
neighborrow.com
borrowingcircle.com
check your local library

Recycling
freecycle.com
freesharing.org
freeuse.org
sharingisgiving.org

Look up by state where you can buy used and donated building materials:
habitat.org
buildingreuse.org
redo.org

Paint recycling
earth911.org

 

Ways to get items without cash
Oct. 13: TODAY’s financial editor Jean Chatzky reports on how you can get the items you want without spending your hard-earned money.

 

 

Getting cash for your trash
Oct. 13: Deborah Snoonian of This Old House magazine reveals how you can get rid of unwanted items and put some extra dollars in your pocket.


 

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Thanks for providing this great info for people interested in saving money while being eco-friendly.

Comment by adamsmom06 on October 30th, 2008 @ 7:00 pm

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