Freecycle is a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling members to benefit from the strength of a larger community.
Their success depends on your inspiration; its a place to give or receive what you have and don’t need or what you need and don’t have, a free cycle of giving which keeps stuff out of landfills.
That perspective makes a huge difference in the attitudes and participation from new members.
Hailing the mantra One mans trash is another mans treasure, the Freecycle community harnesses the power of the internet to connect local individuals looking to give something away with those who would like to acquire it.
The guiding principle is that everything be free with no strings attached.
Freecycle is globally local each city has volunteer moderators and a unique email group.
Anyone living in that city or town is then welcome to post items to be given away or to seek items which they might be able to use.
Whether it is an old door, a pile of dirt or a computer, its probably being given away on one of the local groups already up and running as you read this post.
A new sense of community forms in each town as people realize that its just as much fun clearing out the garage as it is getting free stuff.
Before I heard about these people and how it works I just stuck everything in the recycle bin, I did not even think about recycling my old mobile phone, but someone was very happy to have it.
Why don’t you recycle now and visit FREECYCLE and find somewhere near you.
You can find groups in the UK
Aberdeen/City of Aberdeen
Angus/Forfarshire
Antrim
Argyll
Ayrshire
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Berwickshire
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Bristol
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin
Ceredigion
Channel Islands
Cheshire
Clackmannanshire
Cleveland
Conwy
Cornwall
County Down
County Fermanagh
County Tyrone
Cumbria
Denbighshire
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire
Durham/County Durham
East Lothian/Haddingtonshire
East Sussex
East Yorkshire
Edinburgh/City of Edinburgh
Essex
Fife
Flintshire
Foyle
Glamorgan/Morgannwg
Glasgow/City of Glasgow
Gloucestershire
Gwynedd
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Inverclyde
Inverness-shire
Isle of Man
Isle of Wight
Isles of Scilly
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
London/Greater London
Manchester/Greater Manchester
Merseyside
Midlothian
Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy
Moray
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Norfolk
North Lanarkshire
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Orkney
Outer Hebrides
Oxfordshire
Peeblesshire
Pembrokeshire
Perth & Kinross
Powys
Renfrewshire
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Rutland
Scottish Borders
Shropshire
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Stirling
Suffolk
Surrey
Torfaen
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
West Highlands
West Lothian/Linlithgowshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Wrexham
