Packrats: Recycle Your Clutter Online

[kerry-is-my-prez]

http://www.freecycle.org/

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.....one of a growing number of packrats jumping online to give away their clutter or to take some off others' hoarding hands.


In less than two years, freecycling has caught on worldwide, with about 500,000 givers and takers of everything from couches to cars and pingpong tables to pianos.

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Since discovering the "virtual curb" of sorts, Heeter and his wife have been cleaning out closets and offering more stuff to the free message group hosted by Yahoo. His son gave his unused Pokemon toys to a younger child through freecycling.


Deron Beal started the grass-roots movement in May 2003 in Tucson, Ariz., to slow the growing landfills in his community. The idea has scattered through cyberspace and word of mouth to about 1,500 cities worldwide.

[amazona]

1. i've been doing this

I've gotten all sorts of stuff hauled away for free, it's great.

[ikojo]

2. I've given away about 12 bags packed to the brim

with clothes I no longer wear. They were all gently worn and well taken care of. I LOVE freecycle! There are approx 3500 people on the freecycle St Louis list. When I post something I get a response in less than five minutes. I just leave the bags outside my apartment door and the intended person picks them up.

It's great. I have some other stuff I'd love to get rid of, but I may try to ebay it first (old Grateful Dead tie dyes that no longer fit).