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Concord launches Community Swap Shop

Friday, March 05, 2010 12:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

CONCORD — The city of Concord recently launched the Community Swap Shop, a Facebook page where citizens in and around Concord can go to advertise items they want to give away.

The page is designed to promote reuse, one of the three Rs of saving the environment — recycle, reduce and re-use.

"The Community Swap Shop is win-win-win," says Mandy Smith-Thompson, Concord's environmental educator, in a city press release.

"People can visit the site to get rid of things they no longer want, avoiding disposal cost. Others can visit to get things they need for free, and by doing so, citizens are helping to divert useable items from the waste stream, keeping them out of the landfill."

The city also has a separate Facebook page designed to share information with the public. "Friends" of Concord can also use the page to communicate directly and conveniently with the city.

Interested people can log into Facebook at www.ci.concord.nc.us and click the Facebook icon in the social media block on the right of the Web site to check out these resources.

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