Gigoit is a pretty promising new site I just found out a couple of days ago via a Green Options post at Hugg.
The name comes from the acronym G.I.G.O. (Garbage In, Garbage Out). Basically, the site is a free and easy way to recycle your unwanted stuff.
The idea is sort of like Freecycle or even Craigslist, but since it’s a search driven database, it should be much easier to find what you’re looking for, without having to go through tons irrelevant listings. I love the idea of Freecycle, but I’ve found it frustrating to use in the past.
Gigoit is still very new, so unfortunately there appears to be no one in the New Orleans area using it yet, but hopefully that will change soon! Apparently there is already a pretty strong community on the site for St. Louis, Missouri, which is where the Gigoit founders are from. Right now the database only works for US zip codes, though they’re planning to expand to other countries as soon as they’re able.
I hope Gigoit catches on, because I think this could be a really great recycling community.
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Great idea. I signed up. We’ve been trying to get rid of some things we’ve been holding onto for way too long.