Karen is also an advocate of recycling services like Freecycle. “Not all things will sell on ebay but giving something a new home is much better than it going into landfill,” she added.
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New zealand herald: Freecycle – turning trash into treasures
There have been some curious packages arriving in Carrie Bolton’s Te Atatu mailbox over the past few months, bulky ones that rattle when shaken. But Bolton is unconcerned. This part-time artist put a call out on the Freecycle website for the coloured plastic tags that seal bread packets. She wanted them to complete a sculpture she’s been working on – and her fellow members responded enthusiastically.
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Wisbech People: Having a clear out this Easter?
Here’s how it works (taken from the Freecycle website)
“The worldwide Freecycle Network is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It’s a grassroots movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns.
Freecycle groups match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them. Our goal is to keep usable items out of landfills. By using what we already have on this earth, we reduce consumerism, manufacture fewer goods, and lessen the impact on the earth. Another benefit of using Freecycle is that it encourages us to get rid of junk that we no longer need and promote community involvement in the process.
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Auckland stuff.co.nz: Giveaway site a treasure find
Also helping west Aucklanders to trade their trash for treasure is the Waitakere NZ Freecycle website which has over 900 members.
The items listed on the Freecycle website vary from people giving away baby Mexican fish, firewood and banana crates to wanted pleas for gumboots.
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Washington Post: Don’t resist the urge to kitchen-purge
Or we suspect you don’t have to wonder about it at all, because you, too, might be experiencing symptoms of Failure to Launch It Syndrome. The palette-shaped pasta-measurer that came free with something so long ago we can’t remember. A mini whisk whose performance can’t hold a candle to a table fork. Things that might be a little worse for wear, but are of too little consequence to post on Freecycle.
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NZHerald.co.nz: Life & Style Next Article: Architect draws experience from the path less travelled Freecycle – turning trash into treasures
There have been some curious packages arriving in Carrie Bolton’s Te Atatu mailbox over the past few months, bulky ones that rattle when shaken. But Bolton is unconcerned. This part-time artist put a call out on the Freecycle website for the coloured plastic tags that seal bread packets. She wanted them to complete a sculpture she’s been working on – and her fellow members responded enthusiastically.
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Durant Daily Democrat: Recycling network provides for others
A local online project is breathing new life into the old adage, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.”
Katrina Hernandez, 35, of Calera, has started a Durant/Bryan County branch of the Freecycle Network, an online nonprofit recycling movement to keep “good stuff out of landfills” by allowing members to give and get items for free, according to the website.
“The whole thing is completely free,” Hernandez said. “Free to sign up. Free to join. No strings attached, totally free stuff.”
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Gaston Gazette: Frugal Living – Combat Price Hikes On Food
Wild-food foraging: Look for books or websites on wild-food foraging and edible plants. Contact farmers, grocery stores, u-pick farms or your neighbors and ask if you can glean their excess. Fallen fruit and unharvested vegetables rot and can be a chore to clean up, so they might be more than happy to give it away. Offer to volunteer some time if necessary to help them in exchange for food. You can place an ad in your local newspaper or on Craigslist.org or Freecycle.org, too.
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Wicked Local: Brookline Recycling Corner: Spring cleaning edition
Usable furniture — Set it out at the curb the night before collection. Or go to freecycle.org. Maybe somebody can give that chair a new home.
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Huffington Post: Top 10 Green Spring Cleaning Tips
9. Recycle the old
Whether it’s appliances, furniture or clothes that you need to ditch, be sure to recycle when possible. Consider joining an online community called Freecycle, which has localized chapters of members who let each other know what stuff they have hanging around that they would like to give away — anything from kitchen appliances to bicycles, furniture to magazines, and clothing to diapers (unused, of course).
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