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Palo Alto Online: Out with the old and in with the ‘new’

June 17, 2013 fiona

One person is looking for a rocking chair for a newborn baby.

Another, a tote bag to carry a pet guinea pig. One person offers up a nearly new yoga mat; another, a “large-ish cardboard box” that is “not sturdy enough for shipping but great for summer fun with kids.”

Welcome to Freecycle, a grassroots “cyber curbside” where people can drop off unused items and others can pick them up — for free.

As an environmentally motivated, volunteer-based nonprofit, Freecycle sets itself apart from other similar websites, such as Craigslist, said the organization’s founder, Deron Beal.

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CTV News: Internet connects people looking for items with those offering them up

June 12, 2013 fiona

Once upon a time, if you wanted to get rid of an item that was still usable, your best option was the classifieds of the local newspaper.

Thanks to the rise of the Internet, though, connecting with someone interested in your junk has become a quicker and simpler process.

Kijiji is one of the most popular classified websites, and Waterloo Region is no exception to its success.

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Fenton Tri County Times:Southern Genesee Freecycle Group

May 15, 2013 fiona

Giving to others has never felt better, thanks to the efforts of the Southern Genesee Freecycle Group, which has recently created a new format and expanded its market.

This Internet-based group offers free, tangible items from new to gently used, or allows a person to ask the freecycle community for a need or “want” they have for themselves or someone else.

The group’s market area now includes Fenton, Linden, Holly, Rose Township, Tyrone Township, Argentine, Gaines, Fenton Township, Fenton Township and Swartz Creek.

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Aljazeera.com: Website turns unwanted items into treasure

May 7, 2013 fiona

Freecycle, an online network where people can share and collect unwanted possessions for free, is becoming of the biggest environmental web communities.

Set up 10 years ago by a group of friends, the US-based non-profit organisation has grown to a global network of local groups with nine million members.

The Freecycle concept is being seen as a way to reduce landfill waste while saving money.

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Corvallis Gazette Times: Corvallis Freecycle group is sharing and growing

May 4, 2013 fiona

Freecycle is nearing its third anniversary in Corvallis, but the organization has nothing to do with a bicycle event.

The Corvallis group of the Freecycle Network has nearly 1,000 users who post online when they have an item they want to give away or when they are seeking something they need but cannot afford to buy retail.

Christine Dashiell started the local group, and she is its moderator, meaning that she attempts to ensure that the site is posting legitimate offers. People need to join to participate.

Freecycle’s main aim: “It’s just keeping items out of the landfill — and changing the world through that,” she said.

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The Independent: 10 years of Freecycle: Matchmaking compulsive off-loaders with the vaguely needy

May 2, 2013 fiona

I’ve no idea why it takes many sofa suppliers six weeks to deliver a sofa, but it does and as a result I’ve got nothing to sit on in my new gaff except an expanse of scruffy laminate. The idea of buying a sofa to sit on while I wait for a sofa to arrive seems needlessly extravagant, so I’ve turned to the global network dedicated to giving away stuff and getting stuff for free.

Next week marks Freecycle’s 10th anniversary, a glorious decade of matchmaking compulsive off-loaders with the vaguely needy; it even survived a fractious British schism in 2009, when disaffected Freecyclers broke away to form an almost-identical network, Freegle. Between them, Freegle and Freecycle now boast over 900 local groups in the UK with four million members. That’s a hell of a lot of unwanted stuff that magically transforms into wanted stuff.

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Santa Fe College: Freecycle Donation Day April 22

April 21, 2013 fiona

Celebrate Earth Day from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday, April 22 in the Oak Grove by participating in Freecycle. This is a community effort designed to keep useful items out of the trash by giving said items away to be put to good use. Freecycle @ SF welcomes the donation of small personal items in good condition including clothing, shoes, accessories, housewares, linens, craft supplies and home décor items. Items remaining at the end of the day will be donated to The Repurpose Project located in downtown Gainesville or Saints Shareware located in HA-130.

This event is sponsored by the Office of Civic Engagement & Service and open to the public.

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Waste Management World: Gifts are a Plenty at ‘Freecycle’

April 18, 2013 fiona

The U.S. Army issued the following news:

It’s called a “gift economy” and by all accounts, it’s a win-win situation. The idea is simple: Drop off used items you no longer need or desire, (appliances, electronics and clothes, etc.) and search though an array of replaceable gifts. No money is exchanged, and no usable items will crowd an already overflowing landfill. One man’s trash freely becomes another man’s treasure.

“Freecycle” facilities are popping up all over the U.S., and beginning Earth Day, Grafenwoehr will reap the benefits of this display of community giving. The Grafenwoehr Freecycle, located in Building 441, will host its grand opening April 22, from 10 a.m.-noon. Building 441 is right next to the Grafenwoehr Car Care Center, across the street from the baseball fields near Gate 6.

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Missouri S&T News and Research: No Impact Week aims to have a large impact on S&T

April 12, 2013 fiona

Monday, April 15: Consumption, trash and recycling
– No Impact Freecycle Extravaganza, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the atrium of the Havener Center. The freecycle is a no-money “yardsale.” The public is welcome to donate any household items they no longer use and take home any donated items they find interesting. No cash changes hands and leftover items will be donated to a local resale shop.

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Burnham on sea.com: Secretary of State introduced to ‘freecycling’ during visit to Wedmore

April 10, 2013 fiona

Vince Cable, The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, visited Wedmore at the weekend with Burnham-On-Sea’s MP Tessa Munt.

Mr Cable picked up a few freebies at a Freecycle event in Wedmore alongside his parliamentary private secretary.

At the Freecycle event, organised by the village green group, he took away a set of bathroom scales for his London home.

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