55. Whatever you need, check if you could get it for free first. http://uk.freecycle.org/
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Marketwire:Second Hand Items Save Britons Pounds Says Swinton Home Insurance
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire – May 15, 2012) – With the double dip recession in full swing, savvy UK homeowners are saving their money by filling their homes with second hand items.
Swinton, the UK’s leading high street retailer of home insurance surveyed 1,000 online customers and found that 27% regularly find second hand bargains to furnish homes.
Where once there was a stigma attached to buying second hand items, this now seems to be disappearing. Charity shops, online auctions sites and website such as Free Cycle were the main places customers go to when looking for bargains for their home.
In fact, nearly a fifth of homeowners (19%) admitted to showing off their best bargains to their friends and family, while only 5% said they were too embarrassed to admit that they had purchased second hand items for their home.
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AOL MONEY: How to have a baby on a budget!
3. Essential equipment
There’s a lot of baby paraphernalia out there, so you need to focus. You don’t need it all!
Moses basket – these are regularly advertised on Freecycle (probably because babies are rarely in them for more than six weeks) so check groups in your area regularly.
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Aol Money: Sell for less: the alternatives to eBay
Freecycle
Freecycle is a worldwide movement made up of individual community groups across the globe where people can come together to give (and get) stuff for free. The idea is to reduce the amount of waste we produce by matching and connecting people who are throwing away goods with others who might have a use for them. The first UK Freecycle group was set up in London in October 2003 and today there are 540 groups spread across the country.
Listing cost: Listings are absolutely free and come through to subscribers on group emails.
What you pay: Nothing at all. If any money is exchanged alarm bells should ring because Freecycle is a not for profit charity.
Postage: No postage is paid as users are required to pick up items they desire in their local area.
Photos: Most listings do not have photos and if they do they certainly aren’t paid for!
Payment system: Absolutely no money is involved just postings of items and responses from people interested in the community.
Verdict: The only downside is that you don’t make any money, but you do get to get rid of unwanted items that may not sell well on an auction site like eBay (old tvs, bedding, top soil) for free rather than shelling out money to dispose of your junk.
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Cambridge News: Cutting back is the key to saving cash
Use Freecycle. People throw no end of stuff away and usually the only cost to you is the time and petrol involved in picking it up. In a similar vein, there are a good many second hand and charity shops where you can buy perfectly good second-hand items at a fraction of the cost of new – and do some good for the world at the same time.
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This is Hull and East Riding: Help us in recycling
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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gethampshire.co.uk: Declutter your home this spring
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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Wisbech People: Having a clear out this Easter?
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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Wicked Local: Brookline Recycling Corner: Spring cleaning edition
Usable furniture — Set it out at the curb the night before collection. Or go to freecycle.org. Maybe somebody can give that chair a new home.
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North London Today: Enfield weekly round-up
ENFIELD was going green this week with thousands of canny residents choosing to freeccycle rather than dump unwanted goods in landfill but this was somewhat countered by controversy over the council sell-off of acres of green belt land.
THE council’s decision to sell chunks of the green belt, including the freehold of the West Lodge Park Hotel in Ferny Hill, Enfield, angered Conservative councillor Henry Lamprecht who accused the council of being “short-sighted”.
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