Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without! It’s all about the hand-me-downs.

The season is going to be changing very soon and what better time to get rid of your older items than during spring cleaning?

reYUse is a York University based website that allows you to obtain unwanted or lightly used possessions for free! And of course, you’ll also be able to post your own items on there too.

This online app is great to use for the eco-conscious, thrift-type folk. There aren’t many other universities in North America that have such a website, and as far as I know Berkeley is the only other post-secondary institute that has an initiative like our own.

It’s great the university has found a way to collaborate the concepts of community and sustainability into one neat package that we now call reYUse. From my own experience, it’s really easy to navigate. Signing up just calls for you to log in with your Passport York account and you’re ready to post almost any item you’d like! (I say almost anything because let’s face it there are items that could be posted that no one will want).

Here are some infographics I found on trashing your perfectly good items!

Remember it’s all about reducing, reusing and recycling! Let’s limit our trash and aim for zero waste.

Plus, be on the lookout for future listings of my own!

Sustainably Yours,
Tami

P.S. In case you missed the numerous links above... click here to check out reYUse!