I like Freecycle. If you haven't signed up for the one in your region, may I suggest you do so, and do it now! One of my first 'takes' was a set of vertical blinds that Nancy Sleeth put on the Jessamine County Freecycle. I went to her house and we chatted in the front yard for about 45 minutes and her husband joined us. THEN that next Sunday, Matthew attended our church and I invited him for lunch, and our families became friends. THEN I come to find out, in the 18 months that have followed that first encounter, that these dear people are on the Christian Environment Circuit, doing more in a month for "God's green" than I could do in six months of hard labor. And they have written books and do speeches in important places. And they are just ordinary people with a passion. Nancy was the one who encouraged Carol and I to start Wilmore Creation Care. No less! Here is the logo that we have selected and the business cards are coming soon.
Some of our accomplishments: local eggs available to the community from a farmer within 5 miles; beef slaughtered and divvied up to those same folks; squiggly light bulbs all over the place; drying lines where there were none; compost piles and worm farms (I think I am the only one growing worms in the garage for the 'castings' actually, but I hope to promote the activity since it is an alternative to composting my peelings!)
So here is the bin and its contents: