Recycle, Reuse, Reduce, Repurpose

Today we went to a "Gratiferia" - this is an event put on by one of the associations in Sète. The name comes from Gratuit (free) and Féria (faire). It's purpose is to encourage people to reduce waste by (1) bringing things they no longer used and (2) taking things they would use.
It was an interesting and fun afternoon, seeing all the items finding new homes 🙂

UPDATE: My friend Monique, who worked this event, told me they collected 2,500 kilograms of items, 700 people participated, and they were left with 486 kilograms of stuff that they then donated to Secours Populaire (a charity).