He said he hoped the website would become “the eBay of storage” and encourage communities to exchange services with each other in a similar vein to Freecycle, a website which allows people to acquire or get rid of objects such as furniture for free.
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Freecycle is a UK-based online commuity that lets people give their unwanted stuff away for free to anyone in the local area. Sign up to your town or borough’s Freecycle group and you’ll receive email digests from your neighbours.
Of course, most of the time it’ll be people giving away power cords and leaflets, but every now and then there’ll be a genuine find.
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In fact, the only thing I really have to remember is to take my rechargeable batteries out of toys that are being put on Freecycle or thrown out.
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Home furnishings
“WE had just moved into our new house when I lost my business so we hardly had any furniture,” said Elaine.
She turned to giveaway website freecycle.org, where she was astonished to find quality furniture that cost nothing.
“I got pine furniture and beds for the boys’ rooms, which would have cost around £750 to buy new,” she said.
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• Working electronic items can be offered for giveaway on the website www.freecycle.org. The site hosts localized participant groups for Sebastian County and several nearby communities, including Franklin, Scott, Polk and Johnson counties.
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For any residents not on a garden waste collection round, trees should be taken to the nearest household waste recycling centre or any local DIY retailer or garden centre that is running a tree recycling scheme. The District Council is also encouraging local people to take any unwanted gifts or old items to a charity shop or make them available online at www.freecycle.org to find them a new home locally.
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Freecycle allows you to list an item you have to give or need. No money can be exchanged for the products and the mission of the organization is to keep as much bulk out of landfills as possible. The Sun News’ Weekly Surge has a nice article on Freecycle that’s definitely worth a read.
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Many of us have decided to bring in the New Year with less clutter by cleaning out the closets, the garage and if you’re brave enough, even the attic.
Before you throw anything away, there’s a group that’s making it easy to give and receive items for free.
It’s an international nonprofit organization called The Freecycle Network with nearly nine million members across the globe.
Their mission is to keep as many items as possible, especially electronics, out of landfills.
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Trawling charity shops and tips, and searching on websites Gumtree, Freecycle and eBay, the pair managed to create an incredible home from items no-one wanted.
What would have cost about £35,000 using new materials has been done for under £3,000 – albeit with thousands of man-hours.
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If you can’t find any takers or you just don’t want to bother with selling them, you can always give them away. Freecycle’s Gilroy group is incredibly busy with people requesting things or offering items. You can browse through recent postings to see if anyone has requested the item you no longer need, or offer it to the group.
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