Reduce, Reuse, Freecycle August 15, 2006
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Camden, Green in the City , trackbackOn Sunday, I gave away my first thing on freecycle - a site for everything that’s too good to throw away but not good enough for EBay. Put your ad on freecycle, select a lucky recipient from those who ask for it, and arrange to meet.
The idea is one of those uses of the internet which is so obvious when you see it, and would have been very hard and labour-intensive before. Freecycle is run through Yahoo Groups, with groups for all the different localities, and moderated by volunteers. Apart from, perhaps, the main website (link above) they have no costs, and it probably just runs itself now that it has built up enough momentum.
The local group for Camden has about 800 people on its mailing list, and seems to generate 4 or 5 offers a day. There is also a London-wide group, with some 20000 people, but I’m a worried about having an email explosion if I post there.
I was concerned about having a strange bloke come round to the flat, so met him outside at the entrance to the apartment building. I’m rearranging the bedroom, so a small desk will be the next to go. It needs reassembling, and I can’t be fussed with putting it on EBay, so it will be freecycled as soon as I’ve cleared it out.
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my daughter refers to it as online dumpster diving.
I love freecycle but gave up on the London one bec ause of teh e mail numbers. I just do the local ones now.