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Matt Hickman

Desperately seeking recycler

Living without curbside recycling? Don't fret ... a new website called ecycler aims to connect recyclable discarders and collectors in your community.

Mon, Dec 28 2009 at 11:04 AM EST

Want to start 2010 off on the right, green foot? For those living in areas sans a curbside recycling pick-up service or a convenient recyclables drop-off station, a recently launched website called ecycler is looking to make things a whole easier via a virtual “Collect, connect, recycle” system.
 
Using ecycler is easy breezy — it’s essentially an online classifieds community for folks looking to get recyclables off of their hands or "discarders," and those who are willing to pick them up and take/sell them to recycling centers or “collectors.” Not only do desperately seeking “discarders” benefit from using ecycler, but “collectors” can find the site beneficial as well with opportunities to turn green do-goodery into a small but thriving eco-enterprise (read: money-making).
 
Of course, ecycler won’t work without a committed network of  collectors, so if you’re interested in taking a few hours a week to play the role of “friendly local recyclable man or woman” take a gander at the site’s homepage — and blog and community forum — to see how you can become involved. And for more info on recycling facilities near you, check out the indispensable Earth911.
Folks without a convenient way to dispose of recyclables: would you sign up to become a member of a site like ecycler? And dedicated recyclers: is taking on the role of an entrepreneurial ecycler collector something that would interest you? 
 
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Timothy Laurent 01/28/2010 18:19 PM

Thank you for your article about ecycler.com. We are very excited about our site and the impact it could have on the environment as well as the income of our collectors.

We welcome everyone to visit ecycler.com and register. Please provide us with feedback, good or bad, so that we can make the site as user-friendly as possible. Thank you.

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