We accept donated, still useable home furnishings and building material that are slated for landfill and sell it in our store. Our world faces many challenges to a sustained existence. It's a finite world with limited resources, yet humans act as though we are surrounded by unlimited resources. Many people are working to address issues affecting our planets though NGO's (Non Governmental Organizations), legislation and treaties. On a local level, communities are coming together to help make things better. One person can make a difference and Around Again is there to help. In "The Story of Stuff' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM Annie Leonard shows the path of stuff from cradle to grave. We know that a large percentage of the stuff that is thrown away still has value. By providing an opportunity to pass these items on we can interrupt this path and slow the harvesting of resources, production of toxic chemicals and Co2. Around Again has a running total of Co2 lowered in the atmosphere. We calculate that total based on sites that add up the Carbon used to make that product, Carry it through its life cycle. For instance the amount of Carbon it takes to make a kitchen cabinet is-22lbs. This does not calculate the amount of Carbon and other toxic chemicals that are used and released in the atmosphere when this item is thrown away. All our sales are assigned to departments and each department is assigned a base Co2 amount per item. We take the number of items that were sold in that department and times it by the amount of Co2 diverted for each item. Add all those department totals up and we get a very rough and low level of Co2 that we have kept out of our already heated atmosphere.
