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G-Online (blog): Moving green

April 22, 2012 fiona

As the coordinator of an office move, I certainly discovered some great ways to lessen our impact on the environment by reusing, freecycling and donating some of the things we could no longer use.

Planet Ark recently consolidated our two offices into one. The city team moved from a small office on Level 2 of our Circular Quay building and created a new home for staff from our Blue Mountains office to join us. It took a bit of planning, but being a green organisation, we wanted to ensure we took the time for the 3Rs… reduce, reuse, and recycle!

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This is Hull and East Riding: Help us in recycling

April 21, 2012 fiona

HULL: An organisation that helps people recycle unwanted items across the city is looking for volunteers.

Hull Freecycle needs group moderators to help with its website.

The Hull branch of Freecycle is a non-profit organisation which reduces waste, saves resources and eases the burden on our landfills.

A spokesman for the organisation said: “Being a moderator doesn’t require a lot of time but does require some dedication.

“There is lots of support available and it’s fun.”

The job would suit a person who is interested in making a contribution to the community and the planet.

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AnnArbor.com: ‘Upcycling’ has its benefits, even when it comes to pet-related goods and tools

April 19, 2012 fiona

Using websites like Freecycle, endless garage sale listings and even swapping stuff with those that we know, it’s easy to recycle usable pet-related items like dog crates, collars and leashes, baby gates, kitty carriers and other useful things.

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NorthJersey.com: Glen Ridge officials: Not enough homes recycling

April 17, 2012 fiona

First came the Eco-Fair. Then came the single-stream recycling and the weekly pickup days. And then the freecycle days, and the public service announcement by a group of local students.
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Yet after all that, the borough claims, about a third of Glen Ridge’s households still do not recycle on a regular basis.

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Memphis Commercial Appeal: More Memphians try bartering, borrowing and passing it along as ways to get things done

April 10, 2012 fiona

For those looking to establish their own tool bank, or just looking for that special something, the online registry freecycle.org is a forum for people to “offer” items or post needed items in an effort to reduce landfill waste.

“If you buy a new fridge and you have an extra one that still works, you can list it, and someone who needs one can see it, and it allows you to e-mail back and forth and coordinate getting it to the right person,” said Bill Dickerson, Freecycle Memphis’ administrator. “The idea is that people are not wasting so many things. We live in such a disposable society. We use little while we throw away so much. If something breaks, we don’t fix it. We just throw it away.”

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gethampshire.co.uk: Declutter your home this spring

April 8, 2012 fiona

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

April 7, 2012 fiona

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?

April 6, 2012 fiona

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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Washington Post: Don’t resist the urge to kitchen-purge

April 4, 2012 fiona

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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