Reuse/Donate Household Items

Summary: Reuse options for household items and textiles

Description

Cleaning your house and want to keep as much as possible out of the trash? There are many places for gently used goods and even well-used textiles to go.

Reuse is better than recycling! There are several ways to do that.

Take a look under the tab STEPS TO TAKE for some options.

Deep Dive

Steps to Take

Taking time to find a new home for your household items is easy and reduces waste. Listed below are resources available to all Medfield residents and some for Transfer Station sticker holders. 

Resources for All

A. Medfield Curb Alert. Medfield has a thriving Facebook Curb Alert program: https://www.facebook.com/medfieldswapshop Have something you're looking to get rid of? Take a picture of it and put it on your curb / driveway / porch, then post it on their page. It could be a board game, a couch, clothes or baby things. Anything goes! Add your address for quickest pickup or ask to be sent a private message so you can connect with the recipient directly. Please use some discretion when claiming items and do not claim more than needed/necessary. 

There is also a Facebook page, Medfield Area Free Stuff. This is also a great place to turn to pass things on and to find things.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/214466045592501

B. Freecycle. The Freecycle Network is made up of 5,000+ groups with over 9 million members across the globe. It's a grass-roots, entirely non-profit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Their mission is to build a worldwide sharing movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources, and eases the burden on our landfills while enabling their members to benefit from the strength of a larger community. 

Medfield doesn’t have its own Freecycle Page but Millis and Walpole and other local towns have groups that Medfield residents are welcome in. https://www.freecycle.org/

Here is another free group:  FreelyWheely. https://www.freelywheely.com/us/massachusetts/norfolk/medfield/freecycle

All the exchanges are 100% FREE.

Transfer Station Resources

A. There is a permanent Walk-In Container located just past the Gatehouse on the right as you enter the Transfer Station. 

This container accepts: gently used clothing, athletic sneakers and shoes, household items, textbooks, DVD’s, small toys/bikes, musical instruments, art and collectibles. 

This container does not accept: ripped, single or moldy shoes, magazines, instruments that cannot be moved by one person or furniture of any kind.

B. Collection Days. There are various collection days scheduled at the Transfer Station throughout the year. Make sure you are on the mailing list for the Transfer Station and Recycling Committee monthly newsletters to get this information directly. 

If you have a Transfer Station sticker but are not on the newsletter mailing list, you can send an email to medfieldtsarc@gmail.com and request to be added to the Constant Contact newsletter.  

Learn more about the Transfer Station and all programs for diverting items from the trash: https://www.town.medfield.net/189/Medfield-Transfer-Station

If you don’t have a sticker, you can get info at: http://www.town.medfield.net/189/Medfield-Transfer-Station

C. Medfield Swap Area is open May - September, 9-3 on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.  You can find get up to date information about the Swap on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/medfieldswapshop