People who have things they don’t want and people who are looking for a bargain may be in luck this weekend. The city of Lethbridge is holding its second Reuse Rendezvous.
Many people will place items on their front lawns Friday, September 6 as well as Saturday and Sunday. They will be giving away items they don’t need that are still usable.
“You can put things in front of your house, label them free, leave them out for the weekend and let people peruse around and look for things that they could use in their own household,” said Heather Gowland, Lethbridge’s Waste and Recycling Coordinator.
The Reuse Rendezvous was very successful last year.
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“In some neighborhoods you’d see stuff on every second or third lawn,” she said. “Where in other neighborhoods there were only a few things out but people found their way around. Just like you go out on a Saturday to garage sales you hunt and you search and it’s fun and you find things.”
The city has developed a web page, lethbridge.ca/resuse, that explains the Reuse Rendezvous. Among other things it suggests things that are appropriate to put out and items that are inappropriate.
“For example,” she said, “Mattresses or some kids toys and car seats and things like that where there may be some safety issues associated with them.”
The city has a facebook page where people can post what they have to offer as well as what they need. They may also include their address to help people find items. To find the the facebook page, search city of lethbridge, click on events and look for the Reuse Rendezvous.
The forecast for the weekend calls for rain however the city has not set a rain date, or another day to hold the Reuse Rendezvous. It is asking people to take things in or cover them when it rains. The city also wants residents to take what other people don’t pick up back into their homes on Sunday night She said the city won’t pick them up.
Heather Gowland added, She said, “The Reuse Rendezvous helps to create a little bit more community engagement, it’s fun and it keeps items out of the landfill. It gives them a second life.”
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