One man’s trash has long been another man’s treasure, but thanks to the Freecycle Network, the adage has never been more true.

This global recycling-gone-gifting network has reached SouthCoast, and three local women are hoping to ease the burden on area landfills by providing an outlet for unwanted treasures.

“I’ve never talked to anyone who didn’t like something for free,” said Mary Rose, founder of the Dartmouth Freecycle group.

Click Here to Read More About Massachusetts’ Freecycle Groups

There’s a new way to recycle that’s taking off. It’s called “freecycling.” People join a local online group to give away items they no longer need, and to get things they do need. - Ric Romero

Click Here to Read the Rest of the Article

Don’t junk that old female mannequin stuffed in the back of the hallway closet, or the hermit crab starter kit collecting dust on an out-of-reach basement shelf. Somebody out there wants them.

And like most other things these days, those people eager to rescue dump-bound items can be found on the Internet.

They’re members of the Freecycle Network, a collection of community-specific message boards where users post descriptions of stuff they want to get rid of or things they’re hoping to find — all of it for free.

Click Here to Read the Rest of the Article

Waste Management, the local waste and recycling company, provides these tips for using ecofriendly cleaning products and finding a new life for old, unused items.

Click Here to See the Complete List of Eco-Tips

PEOPLE are being invited to put clutter to good use while spring cleaning.

Worcestershire County Council’s waste prevention team is encouraging residents to think twice about what they throw out at this time of year.

…residents can try offering their unwanted items on the internet by using the Freecycle website. Local Freecycle groups can be found at www.freecycle.org

Click Here to Read The Read of the Article

Promoting the four R’s of green electronic use (Reduce, Recycle, Reuse and Rethink), the ‘myGreenElectronics’ website is dedicated to minimizing the impact consumer electronics have on the environment. A simple, clean design, myGreenElectronics provides basic information to help consumers on their path to thinking, buying and acting ‘green’.

Networks such as Freecycle are also a good way to do this. For those items that are beyond help, the site recommends recycling them instead of throwing them in the bin to end up landfill.

Click Here to Read the Rest of the Article

Do you have some old toys or furniture in the basement … But don’t have time — or a pickup truck — to get rid of it? Then you may want to know about a new free service… Where someone will haul it away for you!

Val Taylor showed me a new website that’s almost changed her life. It’s an online community called Freecycle… a way to recycle all sorts of household goods, free of charge that is now active in the Cincinnati area, and other parts of the country.

Click Here to Read the Rest of the Article

Don’t recycle, Freecycle: There are 4,226 Freecycle.org online groups helping more than four million users give away “junk” to others who can use it.

Click Here to Read the Rest of the Article

T here’s no escaping this fact: We’re in an economic slowdown.
But The Reporter’s thrifty and inventive readers are fighting back, saving pennies in ways that range from walking into - not driving through - fast-food restaurants to washing, drying and reusing plastic bags.

Use Freecycle

Freecycle is an Internet group open to all who want to ‘recycle’ something rather than throw it away or find a used item, whether it’s a chair, piano or old door. There is a Vacaville group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vacaville-freecycle.

Click Here to Read the Rest of the Article

But enter the “freegans” who embrace the minimal consumption of resources by salvaging unspoiled food from supermarket Dumpsters. They aren’t homeless; they aren’t poor. They are making a political statement about waste. Just like freecycle.org, which lists items people are giving away, freegans are anti-consumerism and working outside the money loop. They’re saying cents often don’t make sense.

Click Here to Read the Rest of the Article