For info regarding Freecycle in full.... go to http://www.uk.freecycle.org
The worldwide Freecycle Network is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns.
Freecycle groups match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them. Our goal is to keep usable items out of landfills. 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.
Just collected five lovely pine kitchen tables for my neighbour. They're in almost good-as-new condition. She's been looking for chairs for ages - didn't need a table as hers is fine but the chairs were decidedly dogey. So everyone is delighted. One family disposed of unwanted stuff and my neighbour can now sit comfortably.... all for the price of a bit of petrol and a bit of juggling to get all five chairs into the back of my car..!
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