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Just a quick note for those of you who have not discovered the joys of Freecycle. Freecycle is a website that allows you to freely obtain items that people want to discard. Instead of throwing things away Freecycle allows people to search for an item and then go and pick it up from the designated place. (For the US site check out www.freecycle.org)
The first UK Freecycle group was set up in London in October 2003. There are now nearly 1.5 million registered users in the UK alone! Worldwide there are over 5 million members. The site also has a calculator that allows you to calculate how many pounds in weight you have saved from the landfill.
For example if you had an old video recorder, instead of discarding it, it could be put to good use by someone else. As the name suggests no money is exchanged for the items- it’s all FREE!! You can therefore save money and the environment at the same time!
The only downside of the site is that it is rather addictive and Ethical and Green has ended up with some furniture items that we didn’t really need……..
mike @ recycling for kids said,
August 19, 2009 @ 3:54 am
I’ve signed up for freecycle but it utilizes Yahoo groups so I’m still trying to get it figured out. I also got about 3 emails after signing up with rules, procedures, how to post, etc.
Seems like they could make it easier to GIVE stuff away.
Mike