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!
Running through Yahoo! Groups, Freecycle allows people in a local area to give items no longer of use to them to other people who might be able to put it to use. It is, in essence, recycling. All transactions are gifts and must be free.
Freecycle simply provides a place for people to post up wanted ads or to offer items. The rest of the logistics are up to the two parties; they agree upon a pickup time and location (usually the offerer's home). Because it's a gift, the offerer can give it to anyone who inquires (I usually just give it to the first person, since that's the quickest way to move my crap). It's a great way to clean your room and get rid of things you'll never use again.
What are you waiting for? Find the nearest Freecycle community, or start your own!
2 comments:
Wow, damn. Neither Westford nor Chelmsford has one. Let's start a Westford/Chelmsford group.
Westford is grouped under the Groton area. It's probably not a productive idea to overlap areas.
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