Opportunity No. 1: A group in Nolensville is starting on FreeCycle. You can check it out on Facebook by searching “Nolensville FreeCycle.” Freecycle is about keeping things out of the landfill and giving away something that has no use in our life anymore to someone who could extend its usefulness a little longer.
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Could Someone Else Find Treasure in Your Trash?
Are you cleaning out your closets, basement or attic? When you come across something that is no use to you anymore, perhaps someone else could use it. Offer it for free on Freecycle. Have a yard sale and advertise it for free here on Patch. Head down to Roudenbush, they’re having their semi-annual town wide yard sale this Saturday Sept 24. Donate to a charity. Nearby Tewksbury is having a Zero Waste Day Sept. 24. Many charities will be there collecting a variety of items – clothing, shoes, household goods, bikes, furniture, pet supplies, linens and more.
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I was flabbergasted: a company saying “no” to a paid job? They were firm. I needed to post my items on Freecycle first, then I could pay them to collect anything that was still left.
Freecycle is a free, nonprofit network of email lists started in 2003 by Arizona’s Deron Beal. Members of the list can receive offers of donations by email.
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Ecological and economic arguments aside, Goodall’s suggestion that the UK may have reached the point of maximum resource use throws up lots of interesting questions. Most fundamentally: is it definitely true? How can we be sure that consumption won’t soar to new, even greater, highs when the global economy eventually picks up? And if we really have reached a peak, how did we get there? Was it just a matter of shifting to a more service-based economy? Can the internet – or even decades of green campaigning – claim the credit? Or could it be that our densely packed little island is running out of space for new buildings, vehicles and bulky goods? Could eBay and Freecycle be a factor, helping to keep more goods in circulation for longer? Or the fact that more of us are living in cities?
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“We have completed a lean-to greenhouse obtained from Freecycle and using recycled concrete blocks from a demolition next door to give us solar gain and plant growing space, including a rock storage for excess heat recycling (now working well)”.
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How did we get under the 10,000-ton line? Your weekly, conscientious efforts to recycle as much as possible were a huge factor. Adopting convenient single-stream recycling had a big impact. Residents’ positive responses to the household hazardous product drop-off at the Transfer Station, the textile drop-off in the Walgreens lot, the numerous public space recycling receptacles in the parks and commercial areas, the Catalog Choice online opt out, and online resources such as Freecycle all contributed to our lower trash figures.
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Our home is energy efficient and we make sure that our cars get good gas mileage. We don’t buy new toys for the grandchildren if we can find quality second-hand items at stores or through Freecycle. We bring our own reusable canvas bags to the supermarket so that fewer plastic bags are necessary. We eat lower on the food chain. We take modest, local vacations (and find that there is much to enjoy in the tri-state region).
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“I go on [the website] FreeCycle all the time to get things for shows, and there was a woman going out of business who was giving all of this stuff away. We make due with what we have, so we crafted this great set that cost almost nothing,” the director said.
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With those three words, Deron Beal of Tucson, Ariz., helped move the yard sale online, only with no money changing hands.
Beal is the founder of The Freecycle Network, or Freecycle.org. It’s a grassroots gifting network that — thanks to the sour economy and a growing commitment to the environment — has transformed into a global movement of millions offering, wanting and taking all manner of stuff.
Staffed by volunteer moderators and loosely overseen by Beal, Freecycle aims to let you share your old TVs, clothes, broken blenders, tire chains and moving boxes with people nearby, using e-mail groups at Yahoo! and on the network’s website.
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Freecycle is a wonderful thing I discovered several years ago that has saved me more money than I could ever account for. I have completely furnished two homes with it. The premise is simple. We, as a society, throw away millions of dollars in furniture, clothing, toys and appliances every year filling our landfills to capacity and beyond. Much of what we throw away is still perfectly usable. We’ve upgraded, updated, changed décor or color schemes. Why not see if someone else can use it before you throw it out?
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