The World Wide Web offers a potpourri of products, with all sorts of creature comforts available with the click of a mouse. First the fad was eBay, then it was craigslist and now Freecycle groups allow Internet users to offer up goods as boxed-and-bowed gifts for anyone who wants them.

Everything from magazines and books to kitchen appliances to cars and trucks is available via local Yahoo! freecycling groups - there are separate ones for Bradenton and Manatee County - and Lisa Bapst’s family has even given away a rescued dog.

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Beth Rodda of Angwin knew exactly what to do when she had just two weeks to empty an apartment full of furniture, medical supplies and collectibles.

Post a “freecycling” ad on the Internet.
Rodda is a member of Napa County Freecycle, an environmentally-conscious Internet-based group committed to reducing unnecessary landfill waste.

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RECYCLING enthusiast Barry Watson (pictured) became more and more concerned at the number of useful items he constantly saw being discarded at the rubbish tip.
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7 Recycle paving slabs, sheds, greenhouses and timber. If you don’t want them, the chances are that someone else will. Join a recycling scheme such as Freecycle (www.freecycle.org).
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Like many people in my generation, I care about the environment and want to do my part to help. Young people aren’t alone, though - especially in Philadelphia. In the past month of living here, I’ve discovered all kinds of citizen efforts to make up for where government is failing to do the job.Click here to read full article

Last week, while I was wringing my hands about buying China-made products, it occurred to me that if I’d really been willing to put my money where my mouth was, I’d have avoided buying any new school supplies whatsoever. Impossible, you say? Then obviously, you haven’t been turned on to Freecycle yet.
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When you surf Iowa City Freecycle on Yahoo you never know what you are going to find, but odds are you are going to find something of O’Donnell’s. She said, “It’s nice to know i can post for 30 different things and find homes all in one day.”
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How would we furnish ourselves in the real world for free? That’s easy. Visit uk.freecycle.org, where you get rid of an old sofa, or acquire a fax machine or a computer, for free. All you do is sign onto the website and post an ad.
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Here’s a great interview and article on Merritt Island Freecycle’s very own Moderator Marcia Barton…

“Does free recycling work? The answer is yes, no and sometimes. Free recycle
groups can work very well for decluttering a home. A large percentage of
offers made on free recycle groups are responded to by members requesting
the item. And nothing is too strange to give away – even broken items are
sometimes adopted by those who can fix them. “We’ve had people give away
bags of rags, or odd socks,” says Marcia Barton, a moderator of free recycle
groups in central and south Brevard. “There’s almost nothing that can be
given away that someone can’t use.”

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One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Cliché, but for the grassroots movement Freecycle, trash is a relative word.
“Freecycle” sounds like “recycle,” the movement’s focus. According to the international site, www.freecycle.org, the main objective of Freecycle is “about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills.”
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