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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Greenbuild News:The A team
Getting all these stakeholders involved has been important for the site’s social sustainability as well as helping its environmental goals. Local school children (there’s two schools very close to the site) have been on site tours and worked on biodiversity projects such as building bird boxes. One further example is the way waste has been dealt with. “We have donated materials to local people using a variety of methods, including advertising surplus materials on Freecycle and Gumtree” says Dixon. He also describes how spare Ultralam timber boarding was given to animal charity Anihab to build stables and spare pipework was donated to a local rabbit sanctuary, giving the residents lots of lovely new tunnels to run through.
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North London Today:10,000 sign up for recycling network
THE Enfield Freecycle group, which allows residents to pass unwanted goods on to others in a bid to keep landfill levels down, has topped the 10,000-member mark.
According to the group the milestone was reached on Friday. The group’s website allows people to post information about goods they want to donate and they can also request specific goods they require.
Enfield’s lead moderator Mark Griffin said: “We get all sorts of things up on our website – from plastic ice cube trays, to cars and everything in between.
“It’s a good little community and it is based on goodwill. I detest throwing things away. Last year I gave away a tumble dryer that I was told had been broken. The guy I gave it to managed to get it fixed up.
“One person’s junk is another man’s treasure. We are changing the world one gift at a time. Our aim is to keep things out of landfill and there are very few things that cannot be donated.”
Together with the help of the North London Waste Authority and local authorities, Freecycle events have been staged across north London, including one in Jubilee Park, Edmonton, last year, allowing people to donate goods they no longer need and pick up things they want for free.
The Freecycle Network was launched by Deron Beal in Arizona in 2003 and has now spread to 85 countries. It is estimated to keep 500 tons a day out of landfill worldwide.
Go to http://groups.freecycle.org/enfield_freecycle to sign up.
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The Guardian: Money Saving money Money-saving tips from America … road tested by penny-pinching Brits
■ Discover Freecycle.
We are big fans of this idea – if you are moving home, Freecycle is a brilliant source of free furniture and equipment that you might not be able to afford to buy new. The people running the local sites can be pedantic about the way the ads are worded, though, and there are often many more people wanting things than offering them. You will need to be quick if you see something you like.
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Body & Soul:Budgeting for a baby
Freecycle is a good online resource where you can give and receive pre-loved gear at no cost. For safety reasons, some items are better purchased new, such as capsules, car seats and cots. If you are buying a second-hand cot, ensure it complies with current Australian standards. Visit www.productsafety.gov.au for more information.
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Stourbridge News: Black Country people urged to recycle the high-tech way
DUDLEY Council is urging people to take a hi-tech approach to giving unwanted items a second lease of life.
The website Freecycle allows people to advertise items which may otherwise be dumped in landfill for other site users to collect.
The Dudley Freecycle group has more than 12,000 members, items recently offered include an extending table with four chairs, house bricks and a steel pedal bin.
For more information visit www.dudley.gov.uk/recycling
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Telegraph.co.uk:Swap and share: the new ways to make cash
Worth a look is Freecycle.com, an online community that matches people who have items they want to get rid of to people who can use them. Not only kind on the environment by reducing landfill, but it is great for the pocket, too.
As one of the main rules of Freecycle is a “pick up yourself” policy, your local group is a handy way of getting rid of large items you would normally have to pay to have removed, such as garden furniture and sheds.
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