A local group partaking in a global environmental initiative encourages Central Alberta residents to declutter with care.
Freecycle Red Deer — one of the more than 4,700 worldwide groups that make up the Freecycle Network — is an online community forum where people can offer and request items that would otherwise go to waste.
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OAKLAND — When Katherine Bettis needs something, say a length of electrical tape, some blankets, pantyhose or even a long black wig, she goes shopping on www.freecycle.org.
When she has something to give away, such as a dog bed, a giant cabbage or a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, she posts her goods on the same site.
Bettis, a self-proclaimed Oakland tightwad who writes the blog http://savemoneyyoucheapskate.blogspot.com, is not alone.
The Freecycle Network is made up of 4,775 groups with more than 7 million members across the globe. It’s a grass-roots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving away and receiving free stuff in their own cities, towns and neighborhoods.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & TUCSON, Ariz., Apr 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Whether it’s in closets or cubicles, Americans accumulate lots of clutter. In fact, we generate about 254 million tons of trash annually, much of which winds up in landfills.
Now there’s a way for businesses to keep some of that clutter from landfills and give it a reusable, second life. Intuit Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!intu/quotes/nls/intu (INTU 36.19, +0.20, +0.56%) and green community leader The Freecycle Network have teamed to bring the benefits of the world’s largest environmental Web community from home to work.
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Fenton Freecycle has saved 5,000 usable items from going to landfills, since the group began in May 2008, said Stephanie Pytlowanyj, Fenton Freecycle lead moderator. The community can post online, free of charge, to find new homes for reusable items, such as couches, entertainment centers and bookshelves. Smaller items also are accepted. For more information, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FentonMIFreecycle.
Freecycle.org is a global grassroots network of local groups that allows its members to get rid of, or to claim unwanted items so that they don’t end up in our landfills. Membership is free and easy. I have gotten rid of an old computer desk as well as smaller items. It basically takes the old “drive through neighborhoods on junk day looking for unwanted goods” process and turns it into an online adventure.
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EACH one of us generates an average of one tonne of industrial, commercial and domestic waste every year in Australia.
The environmentally-aware are constantly thinking of ways to keep this waste out of landfill.
While not a new concept, freecycling – the act of giving away usable unwanted items instead of throwing them out – is become an increasingly popular way we can all decrease our environmental footprint.
“Freecycling is a cross between eBay and op shopping,” Planet Ark spokeswoman Amy Nancarrow said.
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Freecycle and SnaffleUp. These aren’t strictly swapping sites, because you can get something for free without giving anything in return.
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(AXcess News) Washington – The bed was in great condition – bouncy springs, no stains, no rips.
When Deron Beal tried to donate it to his local Goodwill, the nonprofit wouldn’t accept it, per the organization’s no-bed policy.
Instead of hauling the bed to the dump, Beal created a Yahoo message group on May 1, 2003, and offered it to about 40 friends and nonprofits in his town of Tucson, Ariz. It took a few weeks, but he found a taker.
The Freecycle Network was born.
The Freecycle concept is simple: folks give away items they no longer need to avoid having perfectly good things end up in landfills.
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The website www.uk.freecycle.org is another excellent means of recycling unwanted bulky household items free of charge. Its aim is to encourage community involvement and keep usable items from going to landfill.”
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When shoes or any other items are needed, Jessica and James start looking for sources of second-hand items. Free stuff can be found on freecycle.com, kijiji.ca or the classifieds. The family also shops at thrift stores and garage sales. The Salvage Centre at the Foothills Regional Landfill also offers second-hand goods at garage sale prices.
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