A popular vehicle for clearing unwanted — but still useful — items out of basements and garages in many southern Ontario cities has come to Kapuskasing.

The aptly (and punnily) named freecycling movement is really not such a new idea. It’s basically a swap meet updated for the digital age. Rather than lugging all of that unwanted stuff to a place where other people with unwanted stuff can look at your unwanted stuff, freecycling sees people take pictures of their items on a computer bulletin board, include descriptions and contact information and…voila! Digital swap meet.

“If you have something that is still usable, rather than have it end up in a landfill, you offer it to someone else,” said Marissa Reedhead, who started up Kapuskasing Freecycle.

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