There is an easy way for the housing company to support residents’ sharing and recycling within a housing community
What if there was an easy way for residents of a housing company to share goods and groceries among each other? Among the many useful features of the One4all Mobile resident application, it is possible to introduce a flea market and food market for the housing company. As part of the resident application’s services, the flea market and food market are a simple and easy way to support residents in implementing recycling practices among neighbours.
The housing company’s flea market and food market support residents in changing consumption habits
It’s great that the sharing economy and recycling are becoming increasingly popular today, and consumers are increasingly trying to utilize existing goods and clothes. Many consumers are members of social media flea market groups, where they recycle their unwanted items, and more and more people are acquiring the items they need, such as furniture and clothes, second-hand.
Different measurement terms and abbreviations of virtual trading have become familiar to many in these groups, but unfortunately, negotiating deals, scheduling transactions, and sticking to agreements can be challenging when dealing with strangers.
The housing company’s own flea market and food market make it easier for residents to implement sharing and recycling, as the trading partner is a neighbor from the same housing company. There is inherently greater trust in transactions when dealing with neighbors.
At the housing company’s flea market, items can easily find a new home
At the housing company’s flea market, residents can sell or lend out gently used items easily through the flea market section of the resident application.
The flea market is convenient in situations such as:
- Sports equipment and clothes can be easily picked up from a neighbor’s doorstep and, if needed, tried on.
- Sometimes a next-door neighbor might need exactly the device or item one wants to get rid of. It’s easy to notify others of surplus items through the application.
- A much-needed sewing machine, clothes steamer, or even skates for occasional use might be available for borrowing from a neighbor – not everything needs to be owned.
The housing company’s food market can help reduce residents’ food waste
At the food market, residents can share food items that they don’t use but are still edible and hygienic. Putting food to good use helps reduce residents’ food waste and the housing company’s waste load.
The food market is convenient in situations such as:
- Moving or upcoming trips often require clearing out the fridge or freezer.
- Sometimes daily life surprises with schedules, and the fridge accumulates too much food that cannot be consumed in time. Freezing is sometimes a good solution, but it’s convenient to offer the product for others to use further. Especially if it’s noticed that more items end up in the freezer than are actually used.
- Sometimes the pantry accumulates food items that one doesn’t use. When there are six packages of four different sugars in the pantry, it can be a relief to get rid of a few packages.
- After parties, there’s often plenty of uneaten treats – offering a cake or pastry to a neighbor brings more joy to everyone when eaten, rather than being thrown into the compost bin.
- The housing company’s internal sharing and recycling can enhance the community spirit of the housing company.
- It’s easier to greet neighbors with a smile in the hallway when a borrowed laptop charger from a neighbor saved the day before a critical meeting. Or when a cake slice from another neighbor got savored by oneself and their child.
Helping is peculiar in that both the giver and the receiver usually feel good about it. The housing company can easily offer its residents a digital tool and an opportunity to help each other. At the same time, residents get to know each other a bit more, and a sense of community can start to develop.
This article is an ai-generated translation of the original article in Finnish.
