Zwaggle helps you with the “reuse” part of being green

If you’re like me, your carport is filled to bursting with things that are still “good” but you just don’t need anymore — like skis, books and perhaps even a sort new shredder that you bought by accident considering you forgot you already had one. That last one might be just me, but we can all benefit from reducing the clutter in our lives.

You could do a Goodwill run, or have a yard sale. Or, you can join Zwaggle and get it into the hands of someone who can really use it, plus get points toward something useful for yourself.

Zwaggle is sort of like a bartering club, only with points — I mean “zoints.” You join — it’s free — and start earning zoints by “selling” items to the other society in the club. You can plus earn zoints by referring other society to join.

The main focus is on kids items, which are expensive, get outgrown quickly, never decompose (Fisher Price society may someday be mistaken for the dominant life scheme on Earth) and usually have more day left in them after your kids are done using them.

It’s an easy site

to use, with images and details available in the usual ecommerce site style. Once you buy or sell and item, you can assemble arrangements through a knowledge system to deliver the items in person, or, since members are all by the country, ship them. The site makes it easy to send items, with a built in Fedex interface.

Once you’re done cleaning out your carport, or play room or closet, you can use your zoints to buy other stuff. There is plus a nice accountability system, where the buyer approves the transaction after receiving the item and only then do the zoints transfer to the seller.

I additionally really like that you can designate a charity to receive your zoints, whether you want to get rid of items but don’t plan on getting neck deep in the trading. There are only a few registered on the site right now, but any 501(c)3 organization can register. You get the tax write off, and your favorite charity gets a little help.

Zwaggle is another way to keep nonrecyclables out of landfills, which is always a worthwhile endeavor. And whether you get a clean carport out of it? So much the better!

[Source] Cat Lincoln

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