I’ve been on the mailing list of San Diego Freecycle for quite some time. It’s a busy list.
With SDFreecycle you can help the environment by diverting useful items from landfills while helping members of our community. Please note we aren’t about trading, bartering, borrowing or making announcements. We’re a recycling group concerned for the environment.
So naturally I was intrigued by the use of the Google Maps API by the New York based website, GarbageScout.
New York City’s streets are full of interesting and potentially useful things that have been thrown out. If you see something good, snap a picture of it with your camera phone, and email it to GarbageScout. It will go up on the home page and others can go and get it. This will reduce landfill, save people money, and clean up the streets.
The programmer behind GarbageScout describes his site as a found treasure map to New York City, a recycler’s dream, a cheapskate’s best friend, and a dumpster diver’s companion. A combination of freecycle and google maps would be very cool.