Useful Resources
Looking for other ways to find affordable, even free, used merchandise? Here's a list of resources in the Ithaca area to help you get your reuse back!
Catholic Charities Clothing Closet
Free clothing for people of all ages. Every person is allowed 10 clothing articles a month. Hours are Tuesday-Friday, 9am-12pm, and 1-4pm.
Circularity, Reuse, Zero Waste Development (CROWD)
CROWD is a collaborative network of planners, architects, preservationists, policymakers, salvage and reuse professionals, real estate specialists, academics, and students from around New York State focused on deconstruction rather than demolition.
Cornell Thrift
Helps students on the Cornell campus reduce waste by promoting recycling and reuse. Cornell Thrift sponsors free clothing exchanges, mending workshops, and more.
Craigslist
An online marketplace for all things used.
Dump & Run
Cornell's Dump & Run program collects items from students leaving campus in May, and resells them to the community in August. In addition to diverting tons of reusable items from the waste stream, the annual Dump & Run sale raises more than $50,000 a year for local charitable organizations. The annual sale is in late August.
Fixers Collective
For anyone who has things to fix, wants to help fix items, and/or wants to learn how to repair items, Fixers Collective offers weekly meetings (Saturday from 3pm to 5pm) at the ReUse Center. Join others in a relaxed and fun setting, to lengthen the lifespan of household items, while sharing skills and resources.
Freecycle Ithaca
An online network of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. The Ithaca group has around 3,000 subscribers (October, 2018). It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free. Also check out the smaller Trumansburg Freecycle.
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Each year, the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library holds two used book sales, one beginning the first weekend in May and the other beginning Columbus Day weekend in October. Proceeds benefit the Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL), the Finger Lakes Library System (FLLS) and organizations working for literacy in Tompkins County.
Recycle Tompkins: Tompkins County Recycling & Materials Management
The Tompkins County Recycling and Materials Management (TCRMM) provides reliable recycling and solid waste services to Tompkins County residents, educational institutions, businesses and other organizations. You can recycle clothing, and many other materials, there, too.
Time Traders
Tompkins Time Traders is a not-for-profit community organization that provides a time exchange network of services and goods for all residents of Tompkins County, empowering individuals to utilize their skills and enhance their lives, neighborhood and community.
Zero Waste Ithaca
Grassroots volunteer group focused on helping Ithaca become a Zero Waste City.