Re: [GRRN] Fwd: Small scale swap depots/reuse areas

Myra Nissen (myracycl@inreach.com)
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:46:41 -0800

This idea is not too far off from what is happening. I lived in rural
Washington state in the early 1980s. The county "food closet," which was
funded by the state and federal governemnts became a swap/reuse area for
things beyond packaged food. People would bring what they had and take
what they needed, if they had nothing to swap, they could volunteer
their time. Items swapped included crops from farmers (potatos, carrots,
etc.), fire wood, wood stoves, buidlign materials, old clothes, etc. I
personally swapped used clothes, given to me in abundance by a well
meaning neighbor, for food.

The community had a "lending library" for maternity clothes. All that
was required was to return the clothes clean and attend to any needed
mending.

Myra Nissen
myracycl@inreach.com

GaryLiss@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/22/99 12:50:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, CETNOHO@aol.com
> writes:
>
> << Subj: Small scale swap depots/reuse areas
> Date: 2/22/99 12:50:58 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From: CETNOHO@aol.com
> Sender: jtrnet@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov
> Reply-to: jtrnet@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov
> To: jtrnet@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov (Multiple recipients of list)
>
> Hello, all. We plan to create a "starter kit" for small towns that would
> like
> to begin operating a small area to facilitate drop-off and reuse of reusable
> items at town transfer stations. The kit will contain info on costs, space
> needs, liability, etc. Are there any similar documents that we should be
> aware of before we begin creating ours or that would be helpful to us?
> Thanks
> in advance - John Majercak, Center for Ecological Technology (CET). >>
>
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>
> Subject: Small scale swap depots/reuse areas
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:50:44 -0500 (EST)
> From: CETNOHO@aol.com
> Reply-To: jtrnet@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov
> To: Multiple recipients of list <jtrnet@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov>
>
> Hello, all. We plan to create a "starter kit" for small towns that would like
> to begin operating a small area to facilitate drop-off and reuse of reusable
> items at town transfer stations. The kit will contain info on costs, space
> needs, liability, etc. Are there any similar documents that we should be
> aware of before we begin creating ours or that would be helpful to us? Thanks
> in advance - John Majercak, Center for Ecological Technology (CET).