Unwanted Christmas gifts can be passed on to local charity shops or offered on the web free of charge at freecycle.org.uk.
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Cambridge News: Ways we avoided adding to landfill
Behind our garage were some vegetable beds which had been well-nourished over the years, so further satisfaction came from reading on Freecycle that a young couple needed some top soil to fill in their own garden where a path used to be. They were pleased to fill the boot of their estate car several times over and I stopped grieving about building over my beloved vegetable garden
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Perthshire Advertiser: Paint re-use facility closes
Householders are being asked to pass on unwanted paint through Freecycle, www.freecycle.org, or let unwanted paint solidify before putting it in their household general waste, green-lidded bin or general waste skips at recycling centres.
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The Ecologist: How to… make your own Christmas decorations
The cheat
Not everyone has time to devote to constructing decorations but instead of coming home with a sparkly box of Tesco’s finest, search out quirky second hand or vintage baubles on Freecycle, Ebay or Gumtree. Not only are they cheaper, they’re often prettier and will add real interest to your Christmas tree.
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Liverpool Echo: Put some welly in for Wirral eco scheme
THE Welly Road Gets the Boot In project is looking for your old boots to recycle into cute planters.
Neighbours, businesses and local organisations are being encouraged to join in with the project, on Wellington Road in Oxton, Wirral.
The planters will be created by the community from Wellington boots donated to the Green Community Shop and Centre and requests on Freecycle.
Each house will be offered the opportunity to plant a pair of wellies to display on their property.
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Dollymix: Home improvement for beginners #1: taking on a ‘project’
Nice furniture does not a beautiful home make
It’s tempting when you move in to a new place to break the bank on some gorgeous furniture and hope that it will solve all your interior decor needs, but it’s far more important to focus on the decor and repair of your property first. Then, if you can still afford the lovely sofa or bookcase, you’ll do the furniture justice – it’ll simply fade away in a drab-looking room. Don’t be afraid to turn to freecycle, cheaper furniture stores or family for your first set of furnishings!
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Ealing Gazette: Humanitarian convoy leaves Perivale for Libya
“Ordinary people have been really generous too. I put out a message on Freecycle and we were able to got clothes, duvets and even toys.
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Sleaford Today: Free to a good home -recycling site launched
A MAN from the Sleaford area has set up local branch of a nationwide free recycling scheme.
Anthony Edwards of Great Hale decided to launch a Sleaford branch of the online network, Freecycle, which has gone live since the end of October.
The idea of Freecycle is that if somebody needs to get rid of an item quickly and without costing them money, they can post it online without having to use sites that charge such as Ebay.
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The Guardian: Why is our consumption falling?
Ecological and economic arguments aside, Goodall’s suggestion that the UK may have reached the point of maximum resource use throws up lots of interesting questions. Most fundamentally: is it definitely true? How can we be sure that consumption won’t soar to new, even greater, highs when the global economy eventually picks up? And if we really have reached a peak, how did we get there? Was it just a matter of shifting to a more service-based economy? Can the internet – or even decades of green campaigning – claim the credit? Or could it be that our densely packed little island is running out of space for new buildings, vehicles and bulky goods? Could eBay and Freecycle be a factor, helping to keep more goods in circulation for longer? Or the fact that more of us are living in cities?
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Green Building Press: Clacton Permaculture house wins an award
“We have completed a lean-to greenhouse obtained from Freecycle and using recycled concrete blocks from a demolition next door to give us solar gain and plant growing space, including a rock storage for excess heat recycling (now working well)”.
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