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Casa Grande, Arizona Freecycle is open to all who want to “recycle” that special something rather than throwing it away.
The online group serves Casa Grande, Arizona City, Eloy and surrounding communities.
Freecycle Casa Grande (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecyclecasagrande/) was established in August 2004, and now has more than 300 members.
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courant.com | Too Good To Junk
Freecycling. Started in Tucson, Ariz., in 2003 to promote waste reduction, the Freecycle Network is now a global organization that helps people unload their stuff (and thus keep the landfills clear). Be it a five-cycle washing machine (available recently through Hartford’s Freecycle Web page) or a small goldfish aquarium (wanted in Berlin, Germany), the items are as diverse as the owners who want to unload them. It’s like eBay, without the cash. For more information on groups in your area, visit www.freecycle.org.
By SUSAN CAMPBELL, Courant Staff Writer
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The Cincinnati Post - Find good home for your discards
If you don’t want to sell your stuff, but want to get rid of it responsibly so that it does not add more detritus to the world’s junk, consider the Freecycle Network at www.freecycle.org.
The network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to recycle unwanted items. So, instead of selling your old sofa on eBay, for instance, you might donate it to a halfway house or to somebody who can’t afford to buy one.
By Jan Perry
Post contributor
cincypost.com
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Gilroy - Whether you’re looking for a pair of ugly brown socks, a diaper genie, or a toilet, there’s one place to turn: the Gilroy Freecycle Web site.
This local 542-member web group is a non-profit, online network open to anyone who wishes to get rid of belongings they no longer need or use. Here, one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure, but you must obey the number one rule: Everything offered must be free. Among other rules, one cannot use the site for personal business promotion.
By Betsy Avelar Staff Writer
gilroydispatch.com
TownOnline.com - Arts & Lifestyle: Program keeps trash out of landfills
The Plymouth Freecycle Network announces the launch of its new online group and accompanying message board, PlymouthMAFreecycle.
Based on the old adage that “one person’s trash is another person’s treasure,” the Plymouth Freecycle Network’s goal is to slow the flow of trash into our landfills by connecting people who want to get rid of old “stuff” with those frugal people looking for free “stuff”.
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Instead of junking the item, the guide suggests giving the item away or taking it to the town’s “take it or leave it shed” or to contact such web sites at Freecycle.org which helps hook up people in search of items with items being given for free.
By DIANE LEDERMAN
masslive.com
NPR : Freecycle: A Web of Free, Unwanted Things
The Freecycle Network began as a pretty simple idea: Folks could post lists on the Web of things they no longer want — but don’t want to merely throw away. Now the freecycle.org network has spread internationally. NPR’s Ted Robbins introduces us to the man who knew that one person’s trash was someone else’s treasure.
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Students better themselves and the environment
And an increasing number of schools are using green-construction methods and materials to build or renovate residence halls. One example: Swarthmore College’s Alice Paul residence features a vegetative roof.
But any student can create a green dorm room. And it doesn’t require giving up basic comforts or a great look.
A good place to get started, Harvard’s Kreycik says, is the Web site Shopbacktoschool.org. Created by the organization New American Dream, the site — its motto: “Go back to school in a different style” — offers a green perspective on items from batteries (rechargeable only, please) to personal-care products (try making your own) to room furnishings (instead of buying new, check out thrift stores and Web sites such as craigslist.org and Freecycle.org).
When you do go out to shop for that dorm room, Kreycik advises, “You want to think about buying Energy Star-rated appliances, products without a lot of packaging, and that are made without too many chemicals.”
Buying cheap, throwaway stuff at the big-box stores is easier to do, says Patricia Gaylor, an interior designer in North Jersey who specializes in eco-friendly design.
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador - Programs - Radio Noon - Crosstalk Archive
Week 3
Monday July 17, 2006
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Topic: Freecycle.
Guests: Ian Power
edie news centre - ‘Freecycling’ goes mainstream in Dublin
‘Freecycling’ goes mainstream in Dublin (17 August 2006)
News in Brief
All over the world networks of individuals have been swapping the things they no longer need with likeminded individuals, safe in the knowledge that they are disposing of their goods in a responsible way and perhaps hopeful they will benefit from a similar bargain in the future.
These networks were inspired by the grassroots Freecycle organisation that was born in Tuscon, Arizona, and became a global phenomenon. In general they have been ‘underground’ networks out of the public eye but now the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Vincent Jackson, has announced the Irish capital will be running a similar scheme at the taxpayer’s expense.
The Free Trade service will be run by the city’s four local authorities and those wanting to get rid of unwanted items will be able to post a description on a council-hosted website in the hopes that somebody else in the city will be more than happy to take it off their hands.
“Now that we have established a strong network of recycling facilities in Dublin and the public are actively recycling, we are moving our focus to encouraging people to reuse as well,” said the Lord Mayor.
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