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Free Goods At Throwplace.com Help Consumers in Tough Times |
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WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Aug. 13 -/E-Wire/--
Throwplace users continue to list computers, furniture and all sorts of free merchandise
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to give away at Throwplace.com - the Internet’s landfill alternative.
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At Throwplace.com, charities, businesses and individuals from all over the world can
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"throw" their excess onto the Internet where others can view and "take" what they need
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for free. Each "throw" and "take" is recycled and reused, keeping countless goods out of
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landfills, and helping people and non-profits make ends meet during tough economic times.
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Throwplace.com members donate an astonishing array of items, from furniture and
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appliances to computers and bric-a-brac. The site enables potential “takers” to view
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items and make requests. “Throwers” then may read the requests in “My Account” at their
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leisure, selecting a recipient with the click of a button. Then Throwplace.com exchanges
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the giver and taker’s email addresses so that they may directly make shipping or pick-up
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arrangements.
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Current "takes" include dining and living room furniture, handbags and shoes in New York,
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plants and crutches in Washington, DC, a brass pendant & chandelier in Illinois, a $250
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bed in Florida, as well as computers and electronics for reuse and recycling too.
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Throwplace.com users are from all over the world.
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One Throwplace user named Jeannine, who has recently moved out of a shelter, has found
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the site useful in helping her obtain some of life’s barest necessities for her new
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apartment. “I have found items on Throwplace that I desperately need. I have severe back
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problems and had been sleeping on a hardwood floor each night, until I found a bed on
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Throwplace.com. It is wonderful to know that Throwplace offers gently used items from
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private donors and charities to people in need, like me.” A user from the midwest looked
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to Throwplace.com for help for recent flood victims who have lost everything.
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Throwplace is organized into four sections: US Charity, International Charity,
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Business/Individual and Up-For-Grabs. Representatives of US-based charities like
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Community Health Connection and Computers for Schools that have 501(c)(3) status can
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"take" from the US Charity section, and are obliged to return a receipt to the donor.
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This US Charity section is intended to help non-profits obtain items for special needs
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families and individuals in their areas. Taking from Up-For-Grabs section is free for
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everyone. With a nominal fee, businesses and individuals may subscribe to the site, and
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take from the Business/Individual section. Subscribing businesses receive a directory
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listing.
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In late 1999, Lomangino, the owner of a highly-regarded graphic design firm in
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Washington, DC, saw that the web needed a marketplace where goods could be exchanged
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rather than thrown away. She launched Throwplace.com in late March of 2004, having
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developed, produced, and financed the site herself.
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Lomangino hopes that non-profits from coast-to-coast will find items for community
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members who have been victims of the natural disasters that have occurred across the
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country, and who have fallen upon hard times during this economic downturn.
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Throwplace.com is a Web site where businesses and individuals can post and find items
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listed for donation to charities and non-profits, businesses and individuals. The goals
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of Throwplace.com are to encourage reuse rather than disposal; to raise awareness of
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responsible environmental practices by promoting the free exchange of goods; to help
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those in need; and to bring the business community, non-profits and the general public
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together by creating a central repository of donated merchandise available for recycling,
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reuse, and refurbishing. Contact Info: Donna Lomangino
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President
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Throwplace.com
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Tel : 202.369.2059
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E-mail: donna@throwplace.com
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http://www.throwplace.com Website : Throwplace.com
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