It all started when Lara Holder needed a small piece of sheetrock to cover a hole in her bathroom after removing a medicine cabinet.

Instead of buying a full sheet - 32 square feet - she wondered if a neighbor might have a leftover piece that would work. So she logged onto the Freecycle Network.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

“I find it a really useful service,” said Holder, a member of the Freecycle Network, which means just what it says: free recycling of everything from pencils to refrigerators.

“It really is a good example of trash to treasures,” said Holder.

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