Check out Freecycle.....

[Gloria]

Search your region to find out if you have a network in your community. Even my town has 26 members!!


http://www.freecycle.org/

Number of Freecycle™ Communities: 2,110
Number of Freecycle™ Members: 771,516
Welcome!

The worldwide Freecycle™ Network is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Each local group is run by a local volunteer moderator (them's good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by clicking on the region on the right. It will generate an automatic e-mail which, when sent, will sign you up for your local group and send you a response with instructions on how it works. Or, go directly to the Web site for your local group by clicking on your community's link on the left. Can't find a group near you? You might want to consider starting one (click on "Start a Group" for instructions). Have fun!

The Freecycle™ Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items. One person's trash can truly be another's treasure!

How does it work?

When you want to find a new home for something -- whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door -- you simply send an e-mail offering it to members of your Freecycle™ group.

Or, maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself. Simply respond to a member's offer, and you just might get it. After that, it's up to the giver to decide who receives the gift and to set up a pickup time for passing on the treasure.

One main rule: Everything posted must be free, legal, and appropriate for all ages.

Non-profit organizations also benefit from The Freecycle™ Network. Post the item or items you want to give away and a local organization can help you get it to someone in need.

Who can use The Freecycle™ Network?

As Abe Lincoln once said, "Think globally, recycle locally." The Freecycle™ Network is open to all communities and to all individuals who want to participate. Freecycle™ groups are run by local volunteer moderators from across the globe who facilitate each local group - grassroots at its best!

[alfredo]

1. Great idea.

Thanks for the link.

[Straight Shooter]

2. Excellent. We have a local outfit for giving away freebies, too.

But I'm on my way to check out Freecycle and will pass it on.

[Nothing Without Hope]

3. What a great idea - thanks for the link! n/t

[Starlight]

4. thanks

I joined & sent the link to DD & DS. :)

[blackcat77]

5. I signed up -- 102 people in my home town nt

[Gloria]

6. kick--this was moved and buried in the Lounge

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[ThoughtCriminal]

7. Essential - we've been using it!

We've been thinning out, getting ready to move. FreeCycle is a great way to find a good home for useful items with no middleman. We haven't used the "demand" side yet, but it seems to be a good source for moving boxes too.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

16. Same here.

We've been using it to get rid of items before moving too. I haven't actually gotten anything from the site yet.

[nutsnberries]

8. BIG THANK YOU!

My town is on the list!

How come I still see great stuff out in people's trash?
This needs attention!

[motely36]

9. We've used it a couple times.

I'm surprised at what people will take. We posted that we had a half dozen empty cat litter bins with lids. In like ten minutes we had a bunch of responses. Make more sense than just throwing stuff out!

[BigMcLargehuge]

10. Holy mackeral!!!! there's a 650 strong group in my town!

well, it's 651 now!

[SW FL Dem]

11. I joined my local group a few weeks ago

I found homes for some of my unwanted stuff - it is a great idea!

[dean_dem]

12. Excellent...thanks for the link

The office I work for has a crap load of used office furniture and supplies that this would be perfect for. I'm signing up and will see about giving some of that stuff away as opposed to throwing it out.

[LynzM]

13. It's a great way to reuse items!

We haven't gotten anything yet, but have watched friends using it, and they get, and give, all kinds of things!

[tsakshaug]

14. thanks

I just signed up for my area

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

15. I was just going to post about this too!

I gave away tons of stuff on the Orlando Freecycle group (3275 members) this weekend. I've got some people coming today and tomorrow to get stuff too. We have a lot of stuff we need to get rid of because we will be moving in a few months. A lot of the stuff we don't need, and isn't not worth enough to sell, but still good enough that someone might want it.

Freecycle is awesome!

[Phentex]

17. The Atlanta group has gone psycho!....

Maybe it's just par for the course when a large number of people get together. Hundreds won't read the rules of posting and hundreds of others will jump all over them. Now a religious debate has broken out and someone started a new group.

Sheesh-0-matic, people! It's recycling!