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How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)

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The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.

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[-] trusty@feddit.uk 10 points 8 months ago

The one in Chicago is great. They also had a huge collection of free seeds this spring.

[-] shortdorkyasian@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Once I started using the tool lending libraries in the San Francisco East Bay, it was a game changer for simple maintenance.

Some bike shops also have public work benches with tools. https://www.boxdogbikes.com/about-1

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