At Throwplace.com, worldwide users list new and used goods to give away to others. Everything listed on Throwplace.com is free of charge. Each "Throw" and "Take" is recycled and/or reused, keeping countless goods out of landfills and helping people and nonprofits make ends meet during these tough economic times.

Throwplace.com members donate an astonishing array of items, from furniture and appliances to computers and parts for recycling. The site enables potential "Takers" to view items listed and make requests. "Throwers" may then read the requests discreetly in "My Account," selecting a recipient with the click of a button. Throwplace.com then provides the selected Taker's name and contact information to the Donor/Thrower so that pickup or delivery arrangements can be made directly between the two.

Current "takes" include a NordicTrack in South Dakota, Jewish art calendars in New York, concrete landscaping edgers in Virginia, appliances, furniture, and 40 computers and peripherals in Arizona.

An organization in Washington, DC, recently found a copier, paper samples, and all sorts of other useful items for its new children's educational center on Throwplace.com. Another user who has recently moved out of a shelter found the site useful in helping her obtain some of life’s barest necessities for her new apartment. "I have found items on Throwplace that I desperately needed. I had been sleeping on a hardwood floor each night until I found a bed on Throwplace.com. It is wonderful to know that Throwplace offers gently used items from private donors and charities to people in need, like me."

Throwplace is organized into four sections: U.S. Charity, International Charity, Business/Individual, and Up-For-Grabs. Representatives of U.S.-based charities like Millions of Angels that have 501(c)(3) status can "take" from the U.S. Charity section and are obliged to return a receipt to the Donor/Thrower. This U.S. Charity section is intended to help nonprofits obtain items for special-needs families and individuals in their areas. Taking from the Up-For-Grabs section is free for everyone. For a nominal fee, businesses and individuals may subscribe to the site and have access to the Business/Individual section. Subscribing businesses receive a Business Directory listing.

In late 1999, Donna Lomangino, the owner of a highly regarded graphic-design firm in Washington, DC, saw that the Web needed a marketplace where goods could be exchanged rather than thrown away. She launched Throwplace.com in late March of 2004, having personally developed, produced, and financed the site.

Lomangino hopes that nonprofits from coast-to-coast will find items for community members who have fallen on hard times during this economic downturn. And also that generous Throwplace users will continue to donate their excess possessions to others who might be able to use them.

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Throwplace.com is a Web site where businesses and individuals can post and find items listed for donation to charities and nonprofits, businesses, and individuals. The goals of Throwplace.com are to encourage reuse rather than disposal; to raise awareness of responsible environmental practices by promoting the free exchange of goods; to help those in need; and to bring the business community, nonprofits and the general public together by creating a central repository of donated merchandise available for recycling, reuse, and refurbishing.

Contact Info: Donna Lomangino
President
Throwplace.com
Tel : 202.369.2059
E-mail: donna@throwplace.com

Website : Throwplace.com