Provo resident Liz Wilcken prefers to get and get rid of things before they reach the dumpster. She is an active member of the Provo Group of Freecycle.org. According to its Web site, the Freecycle Network is made up of 4,749 groups with 6,737,556 members all over the world. It is a nonprofit movement of people who give (and get) stuff for free in their own towns, thus keeping good stuff out of landfills.

She first learned about it from a friend’s blog. Through Freecycle she has been able to get dolls and My Little Ponies for her daughter.

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