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Hamilton Spectator: Jan. 1: Pay nurses properly, declutter with Hamilton’s active Freecycle group and other letters

On decluttering

Regarding the article headlined ‘Clearing the way for clutter-free holidays’ (Dec. 24): Hamilton has an active Freecycle group, part of the worldwide non-profit, which accepts offers of usable household goods to members. Freecycle is free to join, and all items offered must be free. Membership is free, too. If you have clutter too good for the landfill, chances are that a Freecycle member will be happy to pick it up off your porch and give it a new home. Check out Freecycle.org to see how it all works.

https://www.thespec.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editors/2022/01/01/jan-1-pay-nurses-properly-declutter-with-hamiltons-active-freecycle-group-and-other-letters.html

The Cornish Times: Reduce, reuse and recycle for a low carbon Christmas

• regift unwanted items that are in good condition to others, donate them to charity shops, give them away on free sale sites like Freecycle or Freegle or on local Facebook groups, or take items that could be fixed to repair cafés and give them a new lease of life

https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/article.cfm?id=130796&headline=Reduce,%20reuse%20and%20recycle%20for%20a%20low%20carbon%20Christmas&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021

Ideal.co.uk: An upcycler has given her IKEA Hemnes chest of drawers a vintage-inspired makeover

‘The unit was a freebie from Freecycle,’ Kata tells us. This meant she had a little more to spend on accessories, like the showstopping high-end handles.

https://www.idealhome.co.uk/news/before-after-vintage-brass-ikea-hemnes-295548

Freecycle on Social Media

You can interact with us on any of our socials.

https://www.facebook.com/freecycle

https://www.instagram.com/freecycle/

ABC News: Take your holiday meals in thrifted or reusable dishes for sustainable soirees

“From neighborhood thrift shops to vintage boutiques, almost every shop selling pre-loved items has baking and serving ware,” she said. “They can also be plentiful at flea markets and yard sales. Additionally, you can look at online marketplaces, Craigslist, other classifieds and ‘free stuff’ sites like freecycle.org. Lastly, hold on to baking ware you plan to replace — and you’ll be all set for your next potluck.”

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/holiday-meals-thrifted-reusable-dishes-sustainable-soirees/story?id=81538757

News Nation USA: Inflation is soaring. Here’s how to navigate higher consumer prices – News Nation USA

Deron’s Forum Presentation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XztOsCVtKBJoRnkO_znCq3079t7NHa27/view

WASTE360: Freecycle Network Fuels Gifting Economy

Who would have thought it would be easy to find a home, other than a C&D landfill, for a few hundred pounds of concrete chunks dug out of a beat-up driveway? But a single post on a website launched in Tucson, Ariz. drew plenty of takers: a school making a garden patio; a builder needing foundation material for a straw bale home; and a guy crafting an outdoor bench.

Akin to an online classified ads outlet, that website, Freecycle.org, has exploded in growth since its beginning, when Founder and Executive Director Deron Beal set up a Yahoo group so his friends and a few nonprofits could link to the new site to give and receive all kinds of stuff at no cost.

https://www.waste360.com/recycling/freecycle-network-fuels-gifting-economy

ToysMatrix: Van conversion: Lifestyle boom – ‘someone flew from Canada to Portugal to pick up a sink’ | Travel News | Travel

With some DIY, they managed to keep the costs down.

“Obviously there are ways to get stuff for a bit cheaper.

“I know people who look for second hand stoves and sinks, and people find a lot of things on freecycle and gumtree.

“Finding something for a bargain is always fun.

https://toysmatrix.com/van-conversion-lifestyle-boom-someone-flew-from-canada-to-portugal-to-pick-up-a-sink-travel-news-travel/
https://toysmatrix.com/van-conversion-lifestyle-boom-someone-flew-from-canada-to-portugal-to-pick-up-a-sink-travel-news-travel/
https://toysmatrix.com/van-conversion-lifestyle-boom-someone-flew-from-canada-to-portugal-to-pick-up-a-sink-travel-news-travel/

CNBC: From Buy Nothing to Freecycle, gifting groups help bolster budgets and build community

A boom during the pandemic

Groups that promote gift-giving and exchanging goods and services for free have been around for some time. The Freecycle Network was founded in 2003 by Deron Beal to recycle items and Buy Nothing was started by Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller in 2013 as a social experiment on a local gift economy and to cut down on plastic use.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/31/groups-like-buy-nothing-and-freecycle-bolster-budgets-and-community.html