And he will work with organisations such as Freecycle in a bid to develop a comprehensive network and maps of where people can reuse and repair goods such as furniture.
The strategy also looks at ways of boosting new technology for turning waste that is not recycled or composting into energy, such as anaerobic digestion or “gasification”, which are much cleaner than incineration.
A NETWORK which helps people to share unwanted items and save them from landfill is celebrating its fifth birthday.
Royston Freecycle Group was given a boost ahead of the anniversary by the registration of its 3,000th member.
It has also launched a new initiative to help people to get fit and save waste at the same time, known as “Sportshare”.
This will help match up unwanted fitness and sport equipment to people who find cost a barrier to getting in shape - with all items available free of charge.
Andy Morley, one of the group organisers, said the scheme would help people to stick to New Year’s resolutions to get fit.
He said: “By donating their unwanted sports equipment and clothing through the Royston Freecycle website, members can help other members get into sport, while also helping the environment.
“In short, it helps reduce waste and waists.”
Registration is free at groups.yahoo.comgroup/ roystonrecycle.
LONDON, UK January 11, 2010 – Roof of the World Rally veteran and co-organiser Joseph Taylor, today confirmed his team’s entry into the ROTW 2010 Charity Rally in aid of Sworde-Teppa. This year’s event will start from London on July 3rd and will arrive in Kurgan Tyube, Tajikistan on July 29th. The total route length is around 8000 miles, including negotiating the world’s second highest highway, The Pamir Highway.
Known as Tajikivan, the team will draw upon the resources of the Freecycle network, personal and corporate sponsorship to reach our fundraising target of £1000. All proceeds from the fundraising events will go to Sworde-Teppa, an international development organization specializing in sustainable development projects in Tajikistan.
Residents Mark Winby, Jeff Brewster and Adrian Warman are set to explore funding possibilities for low carbon boiler options for the school and the project will rent the phone box for a month to promote energy saving ideas.
There is also set to be a gadget and freecycle day in the hall in the spring and promote ‘earthhour’ and encourage a village pub to have a candlelit evening.
If you really cannot imagine why someone would want to pay for an item think twice about putting it up for sale, especially if doing so will incur a cost. Rather than just binning it, however, you could try finding a new home for it using a site like Freecycle.
The shed
Our 8x6 timber shed is second-hand and recycled, rescued from an unknown fate. A quick trawl of the local free papers or a recycling website such as FreeCycle, can turn up an amazing variety of garden paraphernalia, including unwanted sheds.
Those unwanted TVs or radios could be wanted by someone else.
Ask relatives or friends if they would like any items, or swap or sell them online at sites such as www.freecycle.co.uk or eBay.
They can also be donated to charity.
CANNY businesswoman Sam Morgan hopes to beat the recession and give her new shop the best possible start by kitting it out with entirely donated fixtures and fittings.
Sam, 24, has put out her unusual appeal on the Freecycle website, where people donate and exchange unwanted items.
If like us this Christmas you have discovered a whole pile of unwanted or unused items in the loft or in the back of a cupboard; or if you have received a present you really didn’t want but can’t bare to see them going into a landfill then there is an effective option through Reigate Freecycle®.
As a result, when she returned to the family home in the village of Longhope, she resolved to take her first, small step towards saving the planet. She set up the Gloucestershire branch of Freecycle, a network that allows its members to exchange unwanted items that would otherwise clog diminishing landfill sites.
‘If someone has, for example, an old fridge that is still in working order that they no longer want, they can offer it free to other members of the group,’ says Rachelle.
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