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Hi everyone, in case it?s useful for you, wanted to let you know about a new service in South London called Library of Things where you can borrow useful household items that you don't need to use often, for a few pounds per day.


You can reserve items online and choose the home delivery and collection service 3 days a week in East Dulwich. So you borrow the items you need and then come back to collect it fro the house, ready to send onto another neighbour to use after you.


You can borrow items from a few pounds per day - they've got everything like:


- Cleaning things, carpet cleaners, pressure washers, steam cleaners etc

- DIY tools, like drills

- Cooking equipment - waffle makers, pasta makers

- Entertainment stuff - a projector, speakers, gazebo (even a ukulele!)

- Gardening tools - hedge trimmer, strimmer


The whole idea is that you can access the things you need more affordably and by sharing items you don't use often in your house with neighbours, we can cut down on the amount of waste we throwaway that ends up in landfill.


Heres the website where you can reserve things online: https://www.libraryofthings.co.uk

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