– Freecycle / Yard Sale Groups: If you want to get rid of a toy quickly, use a site such as Freecycle to post items that you’d like to give away. Also, check Facebook for local yard sale groups, those are other places to get rid of toys.
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Liberation.fr: La seconde vie des jouets
«C’est dommage de les jeter alors qu’ils pourraient encore servir à quelqu’un qui n’a pas forcément les moyens d’en acheter des neufs, estime Marina Vaillant, de Freecycle, un réseau qui permet à chacun de donner des objets dont il ne veut plus. Mes filles, qui ont 6 et 9 ans, sont contentes de savoir que d’autres enfants auront leurs jouets, parce qu’elles savent que ça leur fera plaisir. Et puis ça fait de la place dans la chambre pour en avoir de nouveaux.»
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Cambridge News: You don’t have to buy into Christmas consumerism – join the “free” revolution
It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but there is a growing army of Cambridgeshire folk shunning the consumer frenzy that surrounds the festive season.
With UK advertisers spending an estimated £5.6 billion in the run-up to Christmas, Brits are whipped up into a buying bonanza – with many spending beyond their means.
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arlnow.com: Need a Life-Sized Poster of Vladimir Lenin?
Freecycle.org is a website that allows members to give things away to neighbors for free. It’s like Craigslist, but only for free stuff.
The Freecycle group for Arlington has nearly 3,500 members and more than 550 items offered either for giveaway or as “wanted.”
Among the recent items: a replica of the Declaration of Independence, a broken necklace, a bunch of unwanted coffee filters and a rug that’s had black paint spilled on it.
But one particular, unique item on the site caught a reader’s eye: a life-sized poster of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin.
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aarp.org: Living on a Budget
This nonprofit movement consists of more than 5,000 local groups — and some 9 million members — all around the world. It’s all about keeping good stuff out of landfills by allowing members to give away items they no longer need, as well as search for things they can use that someone else might want to jettison. And it’s all free, including membership. — Istock
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Atlanta Journal Constitution: More than 12 easy ways going green in Atlanta can save you money
Join the Freecycle Network and get (and give) free stuff.
The Freecycle Network is a nonprofit movement of people dedicated to keeping good items out of landfills. With several groups in metro Atlanta, you can find things such as TVs, toys, children’s clothing, furniture — even free packing boxes. The Freecycle Network is made up of 5,286 groups with 9,127,254 members around the world. Each local group is moderated by volunteers. Membership is free. https://www.freecycle.org/
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CapitalFm Kenya: 3 Ways to score home decorating bargains
You may also want to consider neighbourhood Freecycle groups. These are group in which people who want to get rid of items give them away for free. Of course there is a good possibility that furniture and home décor offered through Freecycle could use refurbishing but, if you enjoy a little DIY, you never know what kind of gems you can find.
Happy decorating!
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Boston Globe: Moving boxes come full circle
In August 2014, we moved from the Washington, D.C., area to Somerville. After we unpacked, we gave away the surviving boxes on Freecycle.
Fast-forward to our next move, in December 2015. “Wanted: larger moving boxes” we posted on Freecycle. The next day, we were picking up half a dozen boxes from a nearby porch.
One of them had our handwriting on it: It was a box we’d used to move up here, reused at least twice in the interim. What goes around comes around.
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