The FreeCycle Network
The Freecycle Network was started in 2003 in Tucson, Ariz., and has since grown into nearly 5,000 community-based Freecycle groups in over 85 countries around the world. Chances are that there's a local Freecycle group in your area, and you can find it on the Freecycle Web site.
The mission of The Freecycle Network is "to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources and eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community."
Every day the group does just that, preventing over 500 tons of items from ending up in the trash. As The Freecycle Network points out, that would-be trash amounted to five times the height of Mount Everest in the past year alone.
Through The Freecycle Network, members list things online that they're looking to give away or hoping to receive. Members of my local Freecycle group recent posted items including laptop computers, cars, bicycles, baby carriages, plants, and clothing.
The mission of The Freecycle Network is "to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources and eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community."
Every day the group does just that, preventing over 500 tons of items from ending up in the trash. As The Freecycle Network points out, that would-be trash amounted to five times the height of Mount Everest in the past year alone.
Through The Freecycle Network, members list things online that they're looking to give away or hoping to receive. Members of my local Freecycle group recent posted items including laptop computers, cars, bicycles, baby carriages, plants, and clothing.
