Lincoln’s GoodToGo reuse store handed out 67,662 pounds of household products and recorded more than 3,700 customer visits in its first year, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department said Thursday. The store, which opened last November, offers gently used and unopened products free of charge to Lincoln and Lancaster County residents.
GoodToGo stocks items dropped off at HazToGo, Lincoln’s household hazardous waste center. Shoppers may find motor oil, antifreeze, household cleaners, ice melt, fertilizer and spray paint, depending on what’s available. “GoodToGo gives usable products collected by HazToGo a second life,” Health Director Kerry Kernen said in a statement. “Residents can shop at the store and pick up those products free of charge.”
The health department says GoodToGo and HazToGo together diverted 237,765 pounds of material from the landfill during the store’s first year. HazToGo opened in 2017, and the health department has operated a household hazardous waste program for more than 30 years.
GoodToGo is next door to HazToGo at 5101 N. 48th St. Both are open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and the third Saturday of each month. More information is available on the city’s GoodToGo and HazToGo page.
