Improve the Environment & Reduce Your Waste Using This Service

October 26, 2008 by Kimberly

Okay, I found the coolest “new”, free service online today!

It’s called Freecycle.org and it is helping communities all over the globe!

How?
“It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills.”

How cool is that? VERY! If you save are working to save the planet, you’re working to save animals, their habitat and the pollution that kills them!

Basically, almost anything, whether big or small, that you want to get rid of that is “lightly used” or unused, that you want to give away (there’s no trading or selling of any kind…in fact, you’ll be suspended or removed from the network), you put an OFFER up, and someone or many people will contact you and usually give you a reason why they want it to.

Then, you decide who you want to give it to, and arrange for them to pick it up or exchange it somewhere neutral (for safety reasons).

If there’s something you want or need, you put an ad up saying WANTED and explain what it is you need and usually why. If people have it, they’ll contact you and voilà…mutual benefit.

You can even put up an ad that says BORROW, if you only need whatever the item is for a while.

Then, out of courtesy, you can put up the ad TAKEN to say what’s been picked up or that you picked something up!

So, if you’re into saving the planet by reducing waste in landfills and reducing production of materials since you don’t need to buy it new, and you’re not encouraging manufacturers to make more “stuff”.

I’ve seen everything on there from furniture, clothing, food, pets…almost anything!

I am a member of 2 groups, as we split time in Niagara Falls and Dallas.

If you live in Niagara Falls, you can sign up directly here:

Click to join FreecycleNiagaraFalls

If not, got to Freecycle.org and find your area of the globe to join your local group!

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I hope you enjoyed this post on the Environment on Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time…

Live Exotically,

Kimberly Edwards