Freecycle

Looking to get rid of some stuff? Maybe you can Freecycle it.

The Freecycle Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson’s downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. Freecycle provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to “recycle” unwanted items. One person’s trash can truly be another’s treasure!

One rule: everything posted must be free. Whether it’s a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door to be given away, it can be posted on the network. Or, maybe you’re looking to acquire something yourself? Respond to the posting directly and you just might get it. After that it is up to the giver to set up a pickup time for passing on the treasure.

Another option for your pre- and post-holiday houseclearing.

(via Sherri)

  • http://supergoat.livejournal.com Laura

    Synchronicity, baby.

    I picked up some freecycle goodies last Monday night and Stacia’s giving some stuff away (through me) this week.

    Freecycle rules!

    There’s also twincities freeemarket.
    http://www.twincitiesfreemarket.org/
    mmm…. freee…

  • http://salamandastron.blogspot.com lauren

    This is pretty cool, but I immediately thought of this billboard for a junkyard I saw driving through Tucson earlier this summer…I swear it said “Jesus wants your junk!”

  • http://www.dawnpennington.com dawn

    Re-gifting on a global scale!