Archives for : July 2012

Lincoln courier: ReClaim, ReCycle, ReConstruct

July 30, 2012 fiona

The ReClaimer is certainly not alone in this mindset. Today’s ReClaimer Blog will put a spotlight on The Freecycle Network(TM).

A concept that was launched in one city in the United States (US) has since grown to international and global scope. In May of 2003, Freecycle founder Deron Beal organized an online email group of contacts representing a group of non-profit organizations in Tucson, Arizona. The online contact network was necessary to streamline and make highly efficient a previously time-consuming process of offering unwanted or donated items to multiple organizations in the Tucson area. Originally fostered by the organization RISE, which at the time provided recycling services to downtown Tucson businesses, The Freecycling Network (TM) grew into a online network that now spans the globe and has incorporated the efforts of individuals and groups in 85 countries.

"about us", Blog, Recycling Info, US Central

Marlborough Patch: Donation and recycling resources in Marlborough

July 28, 2012 fiona

1) Freecycle: Freecycle is an online community of people who are interested in giving or obtaining usable items. If you have something that you don’t need but is clean and in working condition, post it on Freecycle and often you will find a new home for it by the end of the day. To join Freecycle, visit www.freecycle.org, search for the Marlborough, Hudson, and Sudbury group, and follow the instructions to join the group. Once the moderator has approved your membership, you can offer something to the group, and after your item has been picked up, you can offer more things or accept things too. Our family uses Freecyle often to recycle children’s toys and books, and I was able to borrow a music stand for my son. It’s a friendly group, and you might even meet a neighbor there.

"about us", Interesting Stuff, News Articles, Recycling Info, US Northeast

Walpole Patch: Freecycle Group in Walpole Looks to Keep Unwanted Items Out of Landfills

July 27, 2012 fiona

Freecycle, a Yahoo community group that offers a way to share your no-longer-needed items with strangers who may need them, and also offers a forum for you to request items for which you might be looking.

“It’s a great organization, and its mission, which is to keep usable items out of our landfills, has both global and local impact,” said Linda Kennedy, who started the Walpole/Norwood/Foxborough/Sharon group in 2004 after moving to Walpole.

She started Freecycling in 2003 when she lived in Watertown; she was dismayed to see a similar group did not exist in Walpole.

"about us", News Articles, Recycling Info, US Northeast

Globe & Mail: Buy used books: The new rules of frugality

July 26, 2012 fiona

What seems like a useful website is mentioned in this blog post – Freecycle.org, where you offer unwanted but useful things around your house to people instead of throwing them out.

Canada, Interesting Stuff, News Articles, Recycling Info

The Independent: Top 10 brilliant student money saving tips

July 19, 2012 fiona

Alternatively, you could join up to a Freecycle group – you can find free laptops, TVs, bicycles and more. Look to ‘Freecycle’ everywhere in your life: text books, mobiles – ask friends, ask strangers, post on noticeboards. You’ll be amazed what people will give you that they don’t want anymore.

Interesting Stuff, News Articles, Recycling Info, UK

Newcastle Herald: Freecycle: Getting stuff for nothing

July 18, 2012 fiona

PEOPLE are giving stuff away for free as part of a movement that has bloomed in the Hunter.

Groups have sprung up in Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Maitland, Port Stephens, Singleton and Muswellbrook linking with freecycle.org

They are part of the Freecycle Network, which began in 2003 in Arizona in the US.

It has spread to 85 countries, with thousands of groups and millions of members.

Nicole Chin, of Morisset Park, started the Lake Macquarie group when she moved from Sydney.

‘‘I had a lot of stuff I wanted to get rid of, but it was too good to go into a skip bin,’’ Ms Chin said.

Ms Chin said the site was free to join. Items were given away for free and could not be bought or sold.

"about us", Australia, News Articles, Recycling Info

Williston Daily Herald: Freecycle group looks to keep unwanted items out of landfills

July 16, 2012 fiona

Williston residents looking to get rid of unwanted items have a new venue to keep those items out of landfills.

Freecycle is “a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills,” according to the Freecycle website.

The local group has the same goal.

“Freecycle is a group that was started to promote recycling, only it’s a different kind of recycling,” Freecycle member Serena Woodward said. “Instead of throwing your old stuff in the trash, you give it to someone else. The main premise is that if you take something from Freecycle you’re agreeing not to sell it. If you decide that you didn’t need it or you’re done with it, you give it to someone else. It keeps stuff out of landfills.”

"about us", News Articles, Recycling Info, US North Central

Green Prophet: Freecycle Cairo: Who Says There’s no Free Lunch?

July 14, 2012 fiona

Okay, so maybe you won’t get a free lunch, but if you become part of a small but growing number of people who are members of Cairo’s Freecycle Network, you could get a toaster, a couch, cutlery, or even lightly-used clothes – for free. Really, the sky’s the limit, and it doesn’t cost a single piastre to join.

Are you leaving Egypt and looking to give the belongings you’ve accumulated a new home? Post it on the shiny new Freecycle Cairo Facebook page, save a newcomer piles of cash, and spare Egypt’s deeply distressed environment. And if you don’t think this small gesture counts, consider this: the international Freecycle community diverts 500 tons of trash from global landfills every day.

"about us", Egypt, News Articles, Recycling Info

Yorktown-Somers Patch: ‘Freecycle’ Items You Want to Receive or Get Rid of

July 11, 2012 fiona

Do you have items you want to get rid of? Like that chair in your living room, a fax machine, or an old door?

Not sure how? Or don’t want to spend money?

If you haven’t heard of Freecycle – it’s a Yahoo group for local residents where they can post items they want to receive, or items they want to get rid of. And everything is free.

“It’s a great way to pass things along to people who can use them,” said Michelle Varela, a Yorktown resident. “For example, I just upgraded my knives at home. I posted on Freecycle that I was offering a set of used knives. Within an hour I had about 10 interested parties.”