Yes, I've just listed two items on eBay: an old mobile phone and my virtually unused 4-track. It took me ages to do. I'd get so bored of going through the listing rigmarole if I had an eBay business. Anyway, I'll now be obsessed with checking My eBay to see if anyone has viewed my items.
The reason for doing this is an attempt to declutter the tiny box room that serves as my study/workroom. Me and Ian went to the Leeds Ikea yesterday for my birthday treat and were looking at possible "storage solutions" for my room (I hate the way the word "solutions" is used in current promotional speech), should we be staying in this house for another year. I'm not optimistic that anything can be done, given that I have too many interests and too much stuff. Watch this space.
Freecycling (www.freecycle.org)
No, this isn't like "free running" but with bikes. There was a bit about it in the Guardian yesterday in their "Getting stuff for free" booklet. For me it's not so much about getting free stuff as not putting things that are perfectly useful in the bin. There are always charity shops, but there seems much more chance of things being reused if they have been asked for or offered directly. So I'm going to find out if there's a freecycling group in Sheffield.
I am a bit of an environmental nut. My brother has pinpointed the moment: I came home from school aged 11 wearing a massive "light monitor" badge and irritated everyone by constantly turning off all the lights. Actually, I'm quite bad for leaving lights on now, because all but a few are energy-saving lightbulbs and you stop worrying about it so much.
Apparently, all plastics except for polystyrene can be recycled, even plastic bags, so Sheffield-dwelling people can recycle almost every piece of plastic they come into contact with, including food packaging. However, recycling centres are virtually non-existant in England's greenest city, and since the closure of the recycling bins at Crookesmoor House, the bins at Tapton Halls of Residence are often too full. In Newcastle there seem to be recycling bins all over the place, and yet the doorstep collection service is so picky as to be almost entirely pointless. It won't even take envelopes.
Home Composting
The best recycling system I use is a compost bin, and everyone with a garden should have one. Even houses of students and young professionals. I got ours by googling "compost bin offer sheffield" and ending up on the recyclenow.com website. You can get a bin for £4 (no P&P), you can put loads of stuff in it (eggshells, cardboard, receipts and teabags as well as normal green waste) and it cuts down how often you take the bin out by a shocking amount. My mum and dad, who've always had compost heaps and makeshift bins, were so surprised by how efficient the proper bins are. It takes about 6 to 9 months for everything to be completely composted and then all you need to do is spread it over the garden.
Seriously guys, get a compost bin and watch the worms multiply.
The reason for doing this is an attempt to declutter the tiny box room that serves as my study/workroom. Me and Ian went to the Leeds Ikea yesterday for my birthday treat and were looking at possible "storage solutions" for my room (I hate the way the word "solutions" is used in current promotional speech), should we be staying in this house for another year. I'm not optimistic that anything can be done, given that I have too many interests and too much stuff. Watch this space.
Freecycling (www.freecycle.org)
No, this isn't like "free running" but with bikes. There was a bit about it in the Guardian yesterday in their "Getting stuff for free" booklet. For me it's not so much about getting free stuff as not putting things that are perfectly useful in the bin. There are always charity shops, but there seems much more chance of things being reused if they have been asked for or offered directly. So I'm going to find out if there's a freecycling group in Sheffield.
I am a bit of an environmental nut. My brother has pinpointed the moment: I came home from school aged 11 wearing a massive "light monitor" badge and irritated everyone by constantly turning off all the lights. Actually, I'm quite bad for leaving lights on now, because all but a few are energy-saving lightbulbs and you stop worrying about it so much.
Apparently, all plastics except for polystyrene can be recycled, even plastic bags, so Sheffield-dwelling people can recycle almost every piece of plastic they come into contact with, including food packaging. However, recycling centres are virtually non-existant in England's greenest city, and since the closure of the recycling bins at Crookesmoor House, the bins at Tapton Halls of Residence are often too full. In Newcastle there seem to be recycling bins all over the place, and yet the doorstep collection service is so picky as to be almost entirely pointless. It won't even take envelopes.
Home Composting
The best recycling system I use is a compost bin, and everyone with a garden should have one. Even houses of students and young professionals. I got ours by googling "compost bin offer sheffield" and ending up on the recyclenow.com website. You can get a bin for £4 (no P&P), you can put loads of stuff in it (eggshells, cardboard, receipts and teabags as well as normal green waste) and it cuts down how often you take the bin out by a shocking amount. My mum and dad, who've always had compost heaps and makeshift bins, were so surprised by how efficient the proper bins are. It takes about 6 to 9 months for everything to be completely composted and then all you need to do is spread it over the garden.
Seriously guys, get a compost bin and watch the worms multiply.
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eBay is the greatest socialist tool, whereby things are sold based on their value to others
??? Is this meant to indicate some hypocrisy on my part? When I wrote "Future eBay Millionaire" I was being sarcastic!
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