this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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I recently found out about a local non-profit which collects scrap unused building material. Then it gets stored until someone needs it. You can’t just be a taker though.. they keep track of who gives what so if you give something you then have an allowance to take stuff. It’s a kind of bartering. It works around the hard-ass repair/hobbyist-hostile municipalities like yours.
Nice concept.