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* Cellphone and other chargers
* Cellphone and other chargers
* Foreign coins
* Foreign coins
* CD's, tapes (fun for hitchhikers or people with tape systems in their cars)
* CD's, tapes (fun for [[hitchhiking|hitchhikers]] or people with tape systems in their cars)


What not to leave:
What not to leave:

Revision as of 11:23, 9 July 2010

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Boutique Trash Chic is a project to spread the idea to have a place in your house where you keep stuff you give away to guests. It's taking the concept of the Give-away shop with the goal to put it in every one's home.

How to

It's probably best to have the place at the entrance of your house, clearly marked. If you don't have space a box will do as well. Guests are encouraged to leave stuff they want to get rid off and to take stuff they need or they can give as a present to other people (e.g. within hospitality exchange, to their next hosts).

Boutique

The name Boutique Trash Chic was conceived in Brussels, in the house guaka is living (2010), where there is a space of about 3 by 3 meters in the garage. The "shop" is filled by guests and by the inhabitants of the house who regularly dumpster dive stuff (especially clothes) they don't directly deem useful themselves but that are of good quality and that will make other people happy.

Take and Leave Box

A good concept for people with less space is the take and leave box, see http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=31704 and http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=7621&post=6080361

What kind of stuff?

What we can leave in the Boutique or the Box?

  • Books
  • Clothes & Shoes
    • anything goes, but especially stuff against rain or cold is nice to have around
  • Bathroom Products
  • Beach Sun Cream
  • Travel accessories
  • Toys (freesbe...)
  • Unused Tickets/Pass (Bus, Ferry, Museum...)
  • Nonperishable Food
  • Maps, Travel Guides, Flyers
  • List of Tips, Your favourites from your stay
  • Bike parts
  • Bags, back packs
  • Cellphone and other chargers
  • Foreign coins
  • CD's, tapes (fun for hitchhikers or people with tape systems in their cars)

What not to leave:

  • Perishable food
  • Dirty stuff
    • If clothes are dirty, wash them first

The website

  • is likely to be up in July 2010 at boutique.trash-chic.org
  • first a simple info site with blog, seeded from this page
  • later social network where people can add their take&leave box or boutique
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