In a recent article for Shareable, Cat Johnson (@catjohnson) delves into consumer habits and how to avoid waste. In 2012, Americans generated around 251 million tons of trash. The sharing economy has the power to vastly reduce this waste as well as save tons of money. She introduces us to five apps that can help us share and swap our extra stuff while making money and reducing waste.
In a recent article for Shareable, Cat Johnson (@catjohnson) delves into consumer habits and how to avoid waste. In 2012, Americans generated around 251 million tons of trash. The sharing economy has the power to vastly reduce this waste as well as save tons of money. She introduces us to five apps that can help us share and swap our extra stuff while making money and reducing waste.
Listia is an app that allows you to trade all the unused stuff in your house for useful items. It’s currently the leading goods exchange marketplace and helps you by creating a credit system for dozens of categories of items. Users get 1,000 credits for signing up and another 1,000 credits for listing their first item. This app has helped eight million members exchange 100 million items over the last five years.
Peerby is the combination of a search engine and social network. Say you’re looking for a hammer? Just ask in the app and the request will go out to Peerby members near you. The idea runs on the assumption that someone around you will have what you are looking for, and you can find that item without having to go through the process of listing.
ThredUP helps you buy and sell clothes and accessories for women. ThredUP gives you a prepaid Closet Clean Out Bag which you then fill up, send in, and receive money for any items the platform sells you.
Craigslist Pro is beneficial if you are looking to give away pretty much anything. The app allows you to search for and list your items on your mobile phone, and you can set up a pickup time and place to watch your items disappear.
TrashNothing is built around the idea of giving away unwanted stuff. Johnson calls it “a super-charged Craigslist ‘Free’ section,” and with over eight million users worldwide, it eliminates waste by giving it to someone who could actually use it.
These are just five of many apps that revolve around the sharing economy. Here at Near Me, we love the idea of recycling and sharing items -- one man’s trash just could be another man’s gold.
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