Your Toxin-Free Organic Baby Furniture Can Continue to Make a Difference for Our Planet Once Your Baby Outgrows It

Once your wee girl or boy isn’t so wee anymore, you’ll be considering what to do with all of the baby gear in your home. Fortunately, if you made a healthy, responsible choice and furnished Baby’s nursery with organic baby furniture, you’ll have many options for passing along these safe and sturdy natural items to another family. Here are good reasons to share baby furniture you no longer need.

Sharing Your Natural Baby Furniture Means It Won’t End Up in a Landfill
We’ve all heard of landfills, but many of us aren’t aware of how our ever-growing landfills affect our planet. For example, in its 50-year lifespan, the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island grew so large that it became one of only two manmade structures visible from space (the Great Wall of China is the other – and Fresh Kills was the larger). Consider the damage that landfill and its waste have done to our soil, air, and water, and then imagine the damage from landfills around the world. As responsible parents, sharing eco-friendly baby gear with other families is a meaningful way of doing our part in controlling the escalating growth (and dangers) of landfills. Alternatively, we can give it away to charity second hand shops. It makes so much more sense than just storing it away in a box as memorabilia, or for grandchildren (that may never come); or worse still discarding it completely.

Reusing Planet-Friendly Baby Products Helps Earth-Friendly Companies Working to Make a Difference
Every eco-friendly product sold or shared with another family means one less non-organic product sold. Every eco-friendly baby item shared with another family will encourage that family to make more environmentally friendly choices and purchases. By ensuring that your little girl’s organic furniture passes on to another baby, you’re supporting eco-friendly producers, craftspeople, companies, and many others who are working hard to make a difference for us and our planet.

Your Toxin Free Baby Furniture Can Make a Difference for another Baby and another Family
With the growing demand for and consumer interest in natural products, you’ll easily find someone interested in the baby gear you and your little one no longer need. Here are some ideas to consider:
• Find a local shop or website that specializes in second-hand goods, and you’ll go a long way in recouping your initial investment in natural baby furniture. Eager buyers abound at garage sales, as well, particularly if you advertise beforehand.
• Swap your natural furniture for other organic baby or toddler items. Swapping websites are becoming very popular as people rediscover this clever way to manage tough economic times. Or, plan your own swap (place a notice in the local paper inviting anyone with organic items to trade).
• Donate your little one’s outgrown safe, healthy, sturdy organic crib or bassinet to a worthy cause. You can make a difference in many little lives by donating to a daycare, foster home, or church in your neighbourhood.
• Gift your natural baby furniture to another family. Simply giving eco-friendly baby items to another baby and family is so generous is countless ways – most importantly, you are helping parents create a toxin-free nursery for their newborn.

However you decide to share your natural baby furniture once your little fellow no longer needs it, be creative – here’s your chance to make a difference. Every single piece of baby gear that you sell, swap, donate, or gift to another family means one less item that ends up in our ever-growing landfills, one more family that is creating a safer home (thanks to you), and one more thing that you’ve done for our planet.

If you've come up with a creative way to pass along your earth-friendly baby gear to another family, we'd love to hear it! Please share with our readers!