If someone were to set up a telephone booth sized box on your street filled with unwanted items \u2014 such as books, toys and small knick knacks, perhaps \u2014 and then topped it off with a \u201cFree\u201d sign, what do you think would happen?\u00a0If Switzerland is any indication, passersby turned salvagers and recyclers would appear out of nowhere, sifting their way through other people\u2019s unwanted discards, thinking up ways to put their newfound discoveries to good (re)use. Some would even add their own unwanted items to the box.\u00a0Neighborhood exchange boxes have helped Geneva, Switzerland reuse 32 tons of goods thus far thanks to a program called BO\u00ceTES D\u2019\u00c9CHANGE ENTRE VOISINS\u2013A box for exchange between neighbors. But can it work in other cities?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-391654","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n