Engaging
He said: “People are engaging with reuse more and more, whether through websites such as eBay or Freecycle, and the next step is to encourage this among retailers on the high street.
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The Independent:9 cheap alternatives to heating a student house
Electric heaters
Obviously this still uses power and you buy one so it isn’t the most price friendly option but if there’s a spare one at home or you stumble across one on freecycle then it’s definitely worth using. Although it doesn’t help much if you spend a lot of time in different rooms, it’s a great way of heating a small area that you all share.
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BBC America: How to set up home from scratch
But getting back to the (comparatively) easy, fun stuff: shopping. Set a budget and get on with it. Try not to get distracted by cost comparison searches and the targeted pop ups for discounted furniture that will plague your Facebook from now until you die. Even if you’re a high-end kind of Brit, consider buying cheap basics to tide you over, then add nicer stuff once you’re settled and are confident that you’ll stay for a while. The good news is that America has Ikea, so you can buy a home starter kit for a few hundred dollars. If your pot of cash is tiny to non-existent, investigate craigslist.org, freecycle.org and your local Salvation Army and other thrift stores.
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The Telegraph: ‘Sharing saves us £20,000 a year’
Household furniture, tools and appliances are also increasingly shared. Popular online sites that allow people to do this include freecycle.org, swapz.co.uk and netcycler.co.uk.
Through these you can trade – or simply rent – household appliances.
If you are giving something away – through Freecycle, say – you have the satisfaction of knowing it is not wasted. But renting is also beneficial to both parties with items like steam cleaners, wallpaper strippers, strimmers and other goods commonly hired out for a small charge.
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Grand Designs Live: Ben Harrison -The Inside-out Freecycle Kitchen Garden
My name is Ben Harrison, I am a 22 year old Worcestershire based Landscaper, offering design and build services. I produce detailed designs to suit style, build cost and material preferences. I have a keen interest in upcyling existing materials and products; helping me create unique spaces in unlikely locations.
The Inside-out Freecycle Kitchen Garden
This garden will be designed making use of Freecycle and all other freely available recycled items that you would typically see in your kitchen. Sinks have become planters, tea cups and jars grow herbs and kitchen cabinets frame cleverly grown vegetables.
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Yahoo Finance: How to furnish a home for free
She regularly picks up materials that are being sent to the tip by owners, and combs websites such as Freecycle and Gumtree to pick up bargains.
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The Guardian: A-Z baby on a budget
F is for Freecycle
However much you fight against becoming a neurotic parent – with a home that breeds pint-sized equipment as fast as sick stains appear on the sofa – you plunge into a world that requires an inordinate amount of stuff for remarkably short periods of time. This leads to the constant problem of where to store it, which probably explains why so many transactions on Freecycle involve baby gear. The online recycling forum is simply the best place to discover that someone in your area has a load of unwanted bits and pieces that will save you a fortune (freecycle.org).
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Yahoo Finance: 10 ways to cut the cost of running your home
Check websites such as uk.freecycle.org, where you can often get free second-hand products. If you’re in need of a big appliance, a lawn mower or carpet cleaner, for example, try to borrow one by looking on local community forums or by asking your neighbours.
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Tamebay: Vote to give Freecycle a publicity boost
Vote for Freecycle to win Direct Debit Top 100 Good Causes
Vote for FreecycleFreecycle has been selected as one of this month’s Top 100 Good Causes to be in the running for a £2,000 donation from Direct Debit.
If Freecycle win first place, it will mean a £2,000 donation and James Lane, UK Director of The Freecycle Network is going to commit a minimum of 10 x £100 grants from Freecycle UK for use in the promotion and publicity of local groups.
Winning the Direct Debit Top 100 Good Causes would in itself help publicise Freecycle, encouraging more to gift their unwanted possessions. You can vote for Freecycle to win the Direct Debit Top 100 Good Causes online and of course you can join your local Freecycle group at Freecycle.org.
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Aljazeera.com: Website turns unwanted items into treasure
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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