TIP When discarding old cutlery (or anything for that matter) consider “FreeCycle” (look it up on the internet).
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The Guardian: Downsizing: online shopping habit dies hard
I thought there would be no harm in posting a couple of items we no longer needed on eBay and, given our thrifty peasant nature, it made sense to sign up with the local Freecycle group to sniff around for items being given away in our area. There might be something useful to help us in our bid for greater self-sufficiency, so it all seemed very practical.
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Bend Bulletin: Consumers paying for many things that once were free
Some things have remained free, or already paid for, through the years. Just check out the good stuff at your local public library. And if you want to give or receive all kinds of free stuff — unwanted lamps, children’s bikes, appliances — join The Freecycle Network in your area, via freecycle.org.
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Medfield Patch: Medfield Recycles and … Freecycles
Medfield resident Rose Caira is an avid recycler and … Freecycler.
Freecycle is a Yahoo community group that offers a way for people to give their no-longer-needed items with strangers who might need them. It also offers a forum in which people can request items for which they might be looking.
Caira is a member of the Walpole/Norwood/Foxborough/Sharon group. Medfield does not have its own group.
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News Channel 7: Freecycle.org Gives People A Way to Recycle, Shop and Help Those in Need
We all have things lying around the house we are looking to get rid, so if you don’t want it, post it.
That’s the theory behind a website called Freecycle.org. It’s a non-profit site.
Post something you don’t want to help someone else, because you never know when you might need that little bit of extra help.
“You can see anywhere from baby formula to baby bottles to furniture for your house,” Jymel Jackson said.
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Marlborough Patch: Donation and recycling resources in Marlborough
1) Freecycle: Freecycle is an online community of people who are interested in giving or obtaining usable items. If you have something that you don’t need but is clean and in working condition, post it on Freecycle and often you will find a new home for it by the end of the day. To join Freecycle, visit www.freecycle.org, search for the Marlborough, Hudson, and Sudbury group, and follow the instructions to join the group. Once the moderator has approved your membership, you can offer something to the group, and after your item has been picked up, you can offer more things or accept things too. Our family uses Freecyle often to recycle children’s toys and books, and I was able to borrow a music stand for my son. It’s a friendly group, and you might even meet a neighbor there.
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Walpole Patch: Freecycle Group in Walpole Looks to Keep Unwanted Items Out of Landfills
Freecycle, a Yahoo community group that offers a way to share your no-longer-needed items with strangers who may need them, and also offers a forum for you to request items for which you might be looking.
“It’s a great organization, and its mission, which is to keep usable items out of our landfills, has both global and local impact,” said Linda Kennedy, who started the Walpole/Norwood/Foxborough/Sharon group in 2004 after moving to Walpole.
She started Freecycling in 2003 when she lived in Watertown; she was dismayed to see a similar group did not exist in Walpole.
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Globe & Mail: Buy used books: The new rules of frugality
What seems like a useful website is mentioned in this blog post – Freecycle.org, where you offer unwanted but useful things around your house to people instead of throwing them out.
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The Independent: Top 10 brilliant student money saving tips
Alternatively, you could join up to a Freecycle group – you can find free laptops, TVs, bicycles and more. Look to ‘Freecycle’ everywhere in your life: text books, mobiles – ask friends, ask strangers, post on noticeboards. You’ll be amazed what people will give you that they don’t want anymore.
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Newcastle Herald: Freecycle: Getting stuff for nothing
PEOPLE are giving stuff away for free as part of a movement that has bloomed in the Hunter.
Groups have sprung up in Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Maitland, Port Stephens, Singleton and Muswellbrook linking with freecycle.org
They are part of the Freecycle Network, which began in 2003 in Arizona in the US.
It has spread to 85 countries, with thousands of groups and millions of members.
Nicole Chin, of Morisset Park, started the Lake Macquarie group when she moved from Sydney.
‘‘I had a lot of stuff I wanted to get rid of, but it was too good to go into a skip bin,’’ Ms Chin said.
Ms Chin said the site was free to join. Items were given away for free and could not be bought or sold.
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