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Reuse Links and Resources

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Cheap Thrills: Free Yard Sale Tips (www.geocities.com/RainForest/7678/)
Provides tips on having a successful yard sale. Also includes suggestions on how to become a smart yard sale shopper. A free "yardsaling" quarterly e-mail newsletter can be obtained by joining the private mailing list.

E-mail: yardsalequeen@comcast.net

(GOV) The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste (www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/index.htm)

United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Solid Waste (5305W)
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue North West
Washington, District of Columbia 20460

(NP) Earth 911 (www.earth911.org/)

(NP) Generation Green (www.generationgreen.com/)

E-mail: lynda@generationgreen.com

Goddess of Garbage (www.goddessofgarbage.com/)
Provides tips on how to reuse a variety of household items.

A.S.I.D. and Associates, Interior Design
Certified Interior Designer #2095
Post Office Box 117281
Burlingame, California 94011-7281
Phone: (650) 348-8586
E-mail: catan@earthlink.net

GreenWorks TV (www.greenworks.tv/special/useitagainpa.html)
Provides links to videos of the GreenWorks television series that feature people who creatively reuse materials.

Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania
1420 Walnut Street, Suite 1304
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Phone: (215) 545-5880
Fax: (215) 545-5811
E-mail: Talktous@greentreks.org

How to Have Big Money Garage Sales and Yard Sales
(http://win-edge.com/GarageSale.shtml)
This manual describes proven methods for increasing money made from organizing garage sales and yard sales.

Winning Edge
2440 Willow Glen Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920-1200
Phone: (800) 841-4248 (order line) or (719) 598-9761 (direct line)

iReuse LLC (www.ireuse.com/)
Provides a socially responsible and environmentally friendly process for the reuse, resale, and removal of unwanted business and household items.

Phone: (415) 924-9977
Fax: (415) 480-1341
E-mail: support@ireuse.com

iShareStuff (www.isharestuff.org/index.asp)
A noncommercial site that saves money and reduces waste by helping people share infrequently used items with friends and family, rather than purchasing items for a one-time use.

E-mail: info@isharestuff.org

Linda's Lists: Reuse Page (www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4054/Reuse.htm)
Provides a variety of reuse ideas.

E-mail: lindaslists@geocities.com

Make-Stuff.com (www.make-stuff.com/)
Provides ideas for using household materials normally disposed to create arts and crafts and for other household uses.

Putting on a Better Garage Sale (www.homesresource.com/garage_sale.htm)
Provides tips on how to have more successful garage sales.

Recycler's World (RecycleNet Corporation)
A worldwide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used, and surplus items or materials.

P. O. Box 1910
Richfield Springs, New York 13439
Phone: (519) 767-2913

Rice Integrated Waste Management Authority (http://recycle.rice.edu/)
Provides a variety of ideas on how to reuse materials, as well as how to incorporate successful reuse programs similar to those of Rice University's.

Rice University
Post Office Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
Phone: (713) 348-5408

(GOV) SF Environment (http://www.sfenvironment.com/index.htm)
Includes a database that enables San Francisco residents to locate reuse opportunities by neighborhood. Also features articles, ads, and other promotional materials.

11 Grove Street
San Francisco, California 94102
Phone: (415) 355-3700
Fax: (415) 554-6393
E-mail: environment@sfgov.org

Second Hand News (http://bargainlink.com/)
Provides a directory of thrift stores, second hand shops, rummages sales, etc. in San Diego, and a compilation of national reuse and recycling-related links.

Too Good to be Threw (www.tgtbt.com/)
Resale industry newsletter, operations manual, and products for resalers.

4736 Meadowview Blvd.
Sarasota, Florida 34233
Phone: (941) 924-4142
Fax: (941) 922-5902
E-mail: sarasotakate@yahoo.com

Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute (www.ufei.org/)
Provides resources on reclaimed lumber, etc.

California Polytechnic State University
UFEI-NRM Department
San Luis Obispo, California 93407
Phone: (805) 756-5171
Fax: (805) 756-1402
E-mail: ufei@polymail.calpoly.edu

Waste-Line (http://perc.ca/waste-line/)
Strives to inform and involve the people of the Ottawa region in waste issues and discuss the benefits of reuse.

174 First Avenue
Box 4075, Station E
Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B1
Phone: (613) 230-4590
Email: info@perc.ca 

Yard Sale Search (www.yardsalesearch.com/)
Offers the opportunity to view and submit free ads for yard sales, garage sales, church sales, local thrift stores, flea markets, etc. nationwide.

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Last updated: July 26, 2007
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