Freecycle (Merged Thread)

avantra

I am not sure if anyone ever wrote anything about this movement but a quick search did not bring anything so here we go. Freecycle is a simple idea:

you have stuff you don’t need in the house and need to get rid of it and on ebay it is hardly going to make you any money so you decide to take it to the tip or give it to charity.

This is where Freecycle is getting in.

It is a yahoo groups based web site (not for profit just in order to reduce the amount of rubbish we send into the landfills) where you can post a photo of your article with a bit of info where many people can see it and maybe take it away from you, hassle free and of course you can go and pick up stuff that you need from other members. This is a wonderful alternative to ebay and completely free.

The nice thing is that it is based on a regional system, so every town and district can have one.

I am not related to them in any way, I was just looking for a way to get rid of a big old aquarium we have (now had, thanks to Freecycle).

Yes you need a link I know : http://www.freecycle.org/display.php?region=United%20Kingdom

skintchick

Been mentioned on these boards many a time, but always worth a mention.

jockettuk

this has been posted before.. just goes to show that the search engine on this site isnt very good..

used freecycle loads of times its great.

avantra

I swear to you , sticking the term 'Freecycle' this morning in the search facility here brought 0 results, and funny enough now when I search I find loads funny site...

Sorry if this was already mentioned, just I thought it may help the environment.

intel

freecycle.... ...... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=132295&highlight=freecycle

When searching dont use a capital F

themadbird

It's fab - I've used it for a while, giving stuff away and getting a few bits too. IMO much better than Ebay.

silvercar

If you are thinking of registering with a branch of freecycle in a large town (typing from experience of the London group), do it from an email address used solely for freecycle -Yahoo is linked into it and easy to use. The amount of email freecycle generates would fill a landfill in days if the emails were printed!

rubix_76

silvercar wrote:

If you are thinking of registering with a branch of freecycle in a large town (typing from experience of the London group), do it from an email address used solely for freecycle -Yahoo is linked into it and easy to use. The amount of email freecycle generates would fill a landfill in days if the emails were printed!

You can set it up so you get a "digest" email which is when a certain amount of posts are all sent together. The only problem is you may miss out on something as I only get 1 email every other day or so.

hope this helps

Rubix

Ken68

I have registered with the three groups in my area, and asked for quite a lot of stuff, and given away too. Don't let the e mails bunch up, the freecycle goods will be gone.
Ideal in a large city, but transport costs for county travel has to be taken into account.
The local recycling centre is still tops with me, tho a minimal charge. and go often.

intel

Get pop peeper to keep a tabs on yer email account so yer first come first served.

http://www.poppeeper.com/

You can set it to check for emails every 1min. :cool:

deecy

My outlook express checks emails every 1 minute - freecycle threads are emailed to me once posted - is poppeeper better/quicker than that?