1/21/14

Have a killer jacket, purse or lightly worn pair of shoes you'd like to swap for something equally as cool? Swapdom is a new online trading site where you can trade cool clothes and accessories with others. The process is simple: Upload what you have (with photos and some simple description text) and search the site for items you want. The Swapdom team will do the work to find a swap that works for both parties, and you'll get an email when a swap has been made. You pay for shipping and a small service fee for the Swapdom service, and you'll get a new item in the process. Learn more at swapdom.com.

1/20/14

The World Health Organization deems it a "gold standard" as a disinfectant, and it happens to also be one of the cheapest and least toxic items you probably have at home right now: rubbing alcohol. With just a few cotton balls saturated in rubbing alcohol, you can quickly and effectively disinfect bathroom faucets, countertops, toilet seats and any other nonporous surface without using chemical products. Rubbing alcohol is also a cheap de-greaser, which can be used use to clean baked-on messes and grime on the stove; just let the rubbing alcohol sit for a few minutes and wipe away.

1/19/14

Ever wonder what to do with leftover art supplies, foam core, textiles (like yarn and fabric), buttons, beads, wires and crafting notions? The nonprofit organization Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts (or SCRAP) takes perfectly good art supplies and helps divert them to teachers, nonprofit organizations, parents, artists and others who can use them. SCRAP's website, scrap-sf.org, has the full list of items the organization accepts as part of the 250 tons of materials it helps divert from landfills.