Some time ago I came across an article about Freecylce and how it aims to keep good stuff out of landfill. Freecycle basically are a large number of mailing lists where people can advertise stuff for free that they no longer need.
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One of Freecycle's main rules is that anything that you advertise needs to be free. My first thought at the time was: "Great, I can now get all this stuff for free. This is going to save me buckets of money."
I have quickly come to realise though that Freecycle really is not about saving money or getting stuff for free, it's about finding a new home for stuff that is still good / working so that you don't put it in the rubbish where it ends up in landfill.
Of course I have found a few things that I thought were pretty neat but what has actually given me more satisfaction is when I have been able to give away some stuff that we had no use for any longer.
One example is a laundry trolley that is still working but was just surplus to our household as we already have another laundry trolley. I advertised that trolley and found a new home for it within one afternoon. The lady that came and picked it up really appreciates the trolley and makes good use of it now.
To check out if Freecycle is available in your area go to: http://www.freecycle.org/group and look through the areas already covered by a Freecycle group.
If you have stuff, that is still good but that are not using anymore and its kind of in your way, please consider joining Freecycle and advertising your item.
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