The cultural association Mazarribah (www.myspace.com/mazarribah) has set up TacoronteFreecycle® and IcodFreecycle®, and in the south of the island Katja Lehmonen has created SanMiguelDeAbonaFreecycle®.
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/TacoronteFreecycle / www.groups.yahoo.com/group/IcodFreecycle / www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sanmigueldeabonafreecycle.

These groups form part of the Freecycle® network which serves to match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them. The aim is to keep usable items out of the landfill. By using what we already have on this earth, we reduce consumerism, manufacture fewer goods, and lessen the impact on the earth. Another benefit of using Freecycle is that it encourages us to get rid of junk that we no longer need and promote community involvement in the process.

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Research examining the main components of residual waste - the waste left over after reuse, recycling and composting - has identified the measures needed at local authority, central Government and EU level to increase recycling.

The Friends of the Earth research, published today alongside a briefing for councils, recommends promoting Freecycle and social reuse of furniture, improving facilities for recycling DIY wastes and tightening the law to ensure that more packaging is recycled, amongst other suggestions.

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Gibraltar FreecycleTM group is open to everyone who wants to recycle unwanted goods rather than just throwing them away. Whether it’s a chair, washing machine, unwanted toy, book, bike or an old door, feel free to post it. Or have a look at the site to see if there is anything there that you could make use of. Nonprofit groups are also welcome to participate too.

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