This generosity is not limited to the holiday season. You can pretty much always find a free piano on Craigslist. Some of the other items were offered by members of Rochester’s Freecycle chapter, which is part of an international network that allows people to exchange unwanted items, but no money.
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Sometimes a sort of magic happens. For instance, the shutters that used to be on our front windows could not be repaired so they were removed. Just about the time I was figuring out where to buy new shutters, two pairs of them, just the right size, came up on Freecycle, a local online list. A little paint, some hardware, and some hand-forged holdbacks and the house had shutters once more.
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EAST TEXAS (KYTX) — Maybe you’re living on your own for the first time or lost your clothes and furniture in a disaster.
It can cost thousands of dollars to build up your home furnishings. But did you know there’s a place you can get anything from couches to refrigerators to clothes absolutely free? Right here in East Texas?
It’s easy, if you know where to look.
Seven years ago, Brandee McGuire learned a magic word — free. She got plugged into the non-profit website network Freecycle.org, a place to get rid of items you don’t want anymore, free of charge.
“[We’ve had] several houses, we’ve had boats, we’ve had cars,” she said. “There was one in Neches. It was a brick home that needed a lot of work. They were moving and they didn’t want to deal with it so they were just giving it away.”
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Have you heard of Freecycle? It’s a worldwide grassroots network of people who recycle usable items among themselves. When a member has something to give away, it’s advertised via an email distribution list. People who want it reply to the email. The item usually goes to the first responder (all recycled items are free).
Freecycle groups are organized geographically, which makes it easy to participate. If you live in Sonoma Valley you’d probably want to join Sonoma Freecycle (there are also groups in Napa, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, and other nearby cities).
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A MAN from the Sleaford area has set up local branch of a nationwide free recycling scheme.
Anthony Edwards of Great Hale decided to launch a Sleaford branch of the online network, Freecycle, which has gone live since the end of October.
The idea of Freecycle is that if somebody needs to get rid of an item quickly and without costing them money, they can post it online without having to use sites that charge such as Ebay.
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Websites such as Gumtree.com and Freecycle.org are attracting a growing number of environmentally conscious shoppers.
Anne Seccombe, of Belrose, started using Freecycle three years ago. The website asks members to ”gift” their items rather than toss them in the bin.
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Wouldn’t it be nice to never have to worry about those awkward packages again? I thought it would be great. In reference to the title of this suggestion, I asked myself, “What do high-class restaurants use?” Do they use paper napkins, paper towels? Of course not! They use cloth napkins. Now, not being rich, I decided to check Freecycle to see if anyone had any before I ran off to Ann’s Linens or Walmart to spend my hard-earned money on brand-new cloth napkins. I was in luck.
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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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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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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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