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Urban Foraging
There are several levels of urban foraging.
Getting organized
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From the Streets
Up till now, I foraged several kind of products from the street: wood pallets, cardboard, plastic bottles, cans, eggboxes….
Internet Groups
There are several online initiatives to avoid dumping out useful stuff. Amongst them are several groups to which you can sign up. I subscribed to two groups: Freecycle, and Bxl à récup (Facebook). On these groups, people post things they are planning to dump and propose them for free. Whenever I am interested by a product posted there, I just have to reply back to the post and that is it.
I have not recovered anything from this channel yet.
Second Hand Shops
I visited two neighbouring second-hand shops, which are l'Armée du Salut and La Poudrière.
For a few euros, I could get essential