I have always loved second hand shopping, reusing and recycling from a very early age and discovered Freecycle late last year, I have only really used it properly about three weeks ago by offer items I no longer used and requesting items I needed. I recently requested knitting yarn, ribbon and general haberdashery got a response to my ad from a lady who lived not far from me.

Check out the link www.freecycle.org and read more about how it works and get involved.

I really wanted to start knitting again and experimenting with different yarns, ribbon etc and what a great way to start.

Than k you Freecyle.

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You could use your blog to help spread the word about:

Freecycle.org — a grassroots nonprofit movement, Freecycle connects local givers and getters of free stuff. Instead of throwing something into a landfill, Freecycle can help you find out if someone else might make good reuse of your stuff.

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Need not, spend not (and by default: waste not). Buying less and wasting less is the easiest, cheapest way to show concern for the environment. When we do have a need, perhaps a set of jeans or a microwave, why not see if someone already has what you need for free in your community? It’s easy, thanks to freecycle.org, craigslist.org and a growing number of local gift or barter exchanges. What’s in common with all these forms is a transfer to goods (and in some cases services) without the use of money. Individual self-interest is trumped by community interest. So let’s start taking care of our community.

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# “If they’re still useable you could put them on Freecycle. There are always people who have spindles of discs who’d like cases to keep the discs scratch free.”
# “You can make them into picture holders too: slip the picture into the bit where the cd booklet is usually kept then use the other part (where the cd lives) to be the supportive base.”

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Many of the morale-boosters tended to bubble up from the employees themselves, like Adoption Network Cleveland’s “freecycle” shelf, where used items like books, compact discs and housewares are given away. “I took all my old curtains and they were gone in a day,” said Executive Director Betsie Norris.

The idea has expanded into an occasional Freecycle Day when employees organize their own free rummage sale, she said. Last Thursday, workers gave away tables full of books they had read and wanted to share. “It was like a free bookstore,” Norris said. “We invited everyone in the building.”

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Dear Amy: You had some excellent suggestions for how to recycle gift items.

I thought you might like to let your readers know about “Freecycle,” where people can offer items they no longer want, and others will take them.

Freecycle allows these items to have further life in a very user-friendly way. — Patricia

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Look into vintage or recycled fashions. I’ve been able to score big designer names like Michael Kors and Alexander McQueen for $10. Visit stores like Buffalo Exchange or Crossroads if you live on the West Coast. Your local vintage shop will have great finds at cheap prices too. For furniture or electronics, websites like Craigslist.com and Freecycle.org are great ways to get products that are already out there and might be destined for the landfills if no one takes them.

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Chicago Freecycle is chock full of offers of Christmas trees, lights, CD’s — all kinds of holiday stuff.

Like this one:

OFFER: Christmas Paper and Stockings
Hi Have two rolls (about 1/3 full) of Holiday wrapping paper and two
stockings (one Kids/one snowman on it)..Pick Up in 60618..Roscoe
Village if interested

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My 2008 NY Resolution was to try to live a more environmentally-conscious life, and so I had already been jotting down ideas in a notebook about how to keep a low-carbon footprint Xmas this year… So this year, everyone is getting something edible. Homemade cranberry jelly from the berries I picked in September, blueberry jam from the berries I picked in August, home made apple butter (from organic apples), and 4 types of chocolate fudge (free-trade chocolate). Using Freecycle.org, I was able to find plenty of jars for the canned items, and I’m always saving gift boxes, so the fudge will get packed in gift boxes, which will get decorated with drawings and glued on found materials, like cut outs from magazines, buttons, and bits of ribbon.-Maureen, Fairbanks

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2. Pass it on: Extend the life of your old items by offering them to others. Albany Freecycle (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlbanyFreecycle/) and Capital Region Free Stuff (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CRFreeStuff/) are two local groups that facilitate exchanges.

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