recycling

I enjoy giving away and selling cheaply the things I no longer need. Yesterday my sofa went for 99p on eBay. This means I do not have to pay someone to tip it and another person is happy with their bargain. I also like sites like Free-cycle and also furniture companies that run as charities that collect your items free and sell them at low cost to people on a low income. It is a shame when  people just tip their items but at least around 60% of what turns up at the local tip is able to be recycled later.
A few years ago there was a reality TV show where the participants volunteered for an experience not knowing where they were going. They were blindfolded and driven to a land fill tip where they had to survive for a while. It was pretty interesting  to see how they coped and also what they found on the tip that they could use to make life easier for them.
It takes a bit of thought and time to find a new home for our unwanted items but it really is worth taking that time to see if there is a way someone else can benefit from our cast-offs.