Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Ideal Bite: Graduation Day


Ideal Bite: Graduation Day
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Graduation Day
Reducing the production of new products conserves resources, averts waste, and saves moola, but can be a bit of a hassle.
Students: Want a degree in waste management? Before tossing your hat in the bin as you move out for the summer, see if someone else wants it (or any of your other stuff) by swapping it, and earn a big A+ from us.
Benefits
  • Major scores. Trade what you don't need for DVDs, furniture, concert tix - things you want - no new purchase necessary.
  • Commencing to waste less. Americans are the #1 consumers of natural resources and the #1 producers of trash; swapping means reusing instead of buying new, which means less waste.

Personally Speaking
At the end of the year at Toshio's college, students left piles of unwanted stuff in the community rooms, where he scored things like clothes, speakers, and cleaning supplies.

Wanna Try?
  • Craigslist and eBay - list your stuff for cash (or drop it off at an eBay iSold It store and let them do the dirty work - head's up, they take around 40%).
  • Freecycle - this is the #1 online swap site for anything under the sun. Even if you live in Pierre, SD, we promise you’ll find others in your region with whom to swap.
  • Rehash Clothes - if you have duds hanging around, peddle 'em here.
  • Best Buy and Gazelle - both have trade-in programs so you can get cash or discounts for used laptops and iPods.
  • Swaptree - list and swap books, CDs, DVDs, and video games through the mail.
  • Bookbyte - sell that Econ 410 book you never want to see again. (Your school's bookstore probably has a buy-back program too.)

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Top three most expensive per-year college room and board costs: 1. Eugene Lang College (NYC), $15,460; 2. The Cooper Union (NYC), $14,000; 3. Suffolk University (Boston), $13,970.
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