We were with Ricci when she decided to get rid of some of her stuff on the freecycle network.

It’s easy. She types an email offering her things to anyone who wants it or needs it.

“Within about 3 minutes, I got three responses for my flip phone, and I got one response for my suit jacket, and I expect the other things will be gone pretty quickly too,” said Ricci.

Here’s how it works: You sign up for a group in whatever part of metro Atlanta you live in — that way you don’t have to drive far to get what you want. There are two rules, though — no buying and no bartering. This is strictly freecycling.

“I have been so excited about freecycle ever since it began and I’m not the only one,” said Clark. “There are up to 500 million pounds of stuff that people have donated that didn’t got into a landfill and what’s so neat is, think about this chair I own! I don’t need this anymore but someone else could love this thing.”

You can also post a wanted ad on freecycle. “I often see people posting, ‘Wanted: Baby Clothes,’ or ‘Wanted: Pet Items,’ so as long as you’re offering as much as you’re asking for, everything is fine,” said Ricci.

“In this economy, the stuff you don’t want anymore can be really important to someone else,” said Clark.

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