Seven volunteer groups were honored Monday for their trash-collection efforts as part of Springfield Green’s Adopt-a-Street program.
Mayor Tim Davlin presented the awards during an appreciation party at the Hilton Springfield.
AIG American General Life Insurance Co. received top honors for the second year in a row, collecting 358 bags of trash over a 48-block area just south of downtown on Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth streets.
GOING green has gone global after a Somerset organisation launched a new internet tool.
Wedmore Green Group has unveiled a new website, featuring information on how to be more eco-friendly, a list of projects the group has done, and hot tips for residents on how to be a kind to the planet.
It has been launched thanks to a £500 grant from the village’s Angela Vivian Trust, set up in memory of a former resident, by Wedmore web designer Julian Guy.
Whoever said you can’t get things for free hasn’t seen this website.
It’s called Freecycle.org.
It’s similar to Craig’s List and Ebay, except all the items are free. Freecycle members offer to other members items they no longer find useful. They use message boards in their local community.
Looking for the Website for free stuff Dave and Tanya talked about on NewsChannel 9 Weekend?
It’s called the Freecycle network. Freecycle members offer items to other members that they no longer find useful through message boards in their local community.
Freecycle began in 2003 and has grown to over 4 million members.
Freecycle says their mission is to reduce waste and save precious resources through a worldwide gifting movement.
As I write this, I’m staring at my new vacuum. Do you know what’s great about this vacuum? It’s a token of a free world that’s all around you and you know nothing about. Imagine it: Hot tubs! Televisions! Bicycles and toys! They are all big ticket items that could leave your bank account a little light — unless you get it for free.
And you can — I tried it myself.
It’s all done on line at a Web site called Freecycle, a world where consumerism, environmentalism, and hand me downs all come together!
LONG-LOST sisters who were separated after the sudden death of their mother 35 years ago have been reunited - thanks to a dance mat.
Olga Carter, of Elvington, near York, found more than she could ever have hoped for when she advertised on a goods-sharing website called Freecycle Network.
The 56-year-old was looking for nothing more than a dance mat, but amazingly, the advert was answered by her long-lost younger sister, Liz Cunliffe
“No item is too big or too small but ALL must be 100 percent FREE with no strings attached,” the site states. “A perfect consumer/earth friendly circle is no overhead, no money, no waste and no catch!”
Now, the group is through Yahoo!, so in order to see the posts and participate, I had to sign up and be OK’d by the moderator. Thankfully, I have a Yahoo! account so I didn’t have to start totally from scratch. I quickly received the rules of the site (i.e. items have to be free, legal and appropriate for all ages) and some helpful hints (i.e. don’t post your phone number for the thousands of users to see) and the go-ahead to participate.
Free household items
• The Freecycle Network. This nonprofit community group with an environmental mission lets users “recycle” unwanted items by posting ads on local online bulletin boards. If you see a chair or a computer that you’d like, respond to the ad. The site is a great way to acquire a perfectly good coffeemaker or piano while doing your part to reduce waste.
What’s the Catch? You’re responsible for getting the stuff home.
Find Out More: www.freecycle.org to find a group.
Thousands of eco-conscious Wearsiders are joining an online global swap shop.
Freecycle is a U.S. movement which encourages members to give away unwanted goods.
Sunderland Freecycle started in July 2005 and now has more than 3,000 members offering everything from BMXs to bathmats – all for free.
I wish I’d known about the Freecycle Network when I was moving out of my last house. I had truckloads of stuff taken away by a junk removal company, some of it perfectly usable (exercise machines purchased in late night fits of insanity, tables, and other items that charities didn’t want because they were too big for me to drag out to the driveway). The Freecycle Network is a non-profit grass roots movement with over 4,000 local groups and over 4 million members all over the world. The idea behind it is to keep unwanted belongings out of landfills by offering them up to anyone who might want them. Each local group is moderated by volunteers.
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