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August 30, 2010

Free Cycling Sites

Freecycling is passing on items you no longer need to someone else, thereby keeping stuff out of landfills. The free section of Kijiji, and Craigs list are popular spots, as is Yahoo’s Freecycle.org
I found a wonderful list of more sites on ActuallyFree Info and have found several others in my searching. Please add any more sites you know of.
Sites similar to Freecycle.org in Canada
(Scroll down for USA & International)
Freecycle International - Freecycle.org is "active" in over 100 countries from Albania to Zambia.
FullCircles.org (Canada) - "Full Circles is a Canadian group that is designed around the circle of life, going from undeveloped simple living to the full benefits of our technological society and back to a simpler way of life, with our society going full circle."
Reuses.com (Canada) - "The Reuses Network is a cooperative online exchange system supported by a variety of sponsors to foster a new approach to waste prevention."
Donnons.org - Site like Freecycle in French.
Recupe.net (French)

Free2Collect.co.uk (United Kingdom) - "One man's junk is another man's treasure."
U.S. (Some may also have Intl. links)
Freecycle.org - "The Freecycle Network™ has 4,775 groups with 7,090,000 members across the globe. 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."
Free Give Away - “ a place where you can give away FREE items and ask for FREE things. Anything that is FREE can be posted to the group."
Free.LocalDataPlace.com - "Have stuff you don't need anymore but somebody else can use? Give it a new, loving home here!" This site has a list of advantages over Freecycle on their homepage, and allow users to continue using Freecycle at the same time.
Free-Economy.org - "Welcome to the Free Economy. This is a free service in which you can give away goods and services for free, and look for them as well.  It is a cashless gift economy in which supply and demand is linked by information networks."
FreeMesa.org - " a place to exchange free stuff with people in your local community all for free.”
FreeNapkin.com - "Anything you want 100 percent free. No prices, no credit cards, no surveys, no promotions, no raffles, no referrals, no samples, no bologna, no garbage."
FreeSharing.org - "The Directory has links to over 900 locally managed groups serving over 400,000 members in the USA, Canada and around the world.."
FreeUse.org - " where one person's "trash" is another person's treasure!"
ILoveFreegle.org - "Don’t throw it away – give it away!."
OnlineRecyclers.com - "a FREE giveaway website to recycle all your unwanted items for free to people in your area."
Recycle4Free.com - "helps Re-Users meet to exchange items that would normally end up in Landfill."
ReuseItNetwork.org - "helps get things from people who have them but don't want them to people who want them but don't have them."
SharingIsGiving.org - " Everyone is welcome to put a link to their site here, free." This is a directory of local reuse, sharing and freecycle sites.
Staga.net - " If someone wants what you are offering, then they can come pick it up.."
TakeMeImFree.com - "Everyone likes getting free stuff. And everyone likes getting rid of stuff they don't want. Welcome to the online neighborhood where you can do both for FREE!"
ThrowPlace.com - "Turning waste into worth"
World Wide Free Share - "part of a growing number of locally and independently owned FREE community groups where members post items they have to GIVE AWAY or want to receive for FREE."
International Reuse, Sharing and Freecycle Sites:
Alles-und-umsonst.de (Germany)
DontDumpThat.org.uk (United Kingdom) - "Don'tDumpThat is all about helping you get rid of the things you don't want anymore, quickly, easily and for free without it all ending up in a landfill."
FreeUse.co.uk (United Kingdom) - "The aim is to allow an opportunity to allow others to reuse your unwanted items rather than throwing them away. Whether it's a desk, a phone, guitar or an old shed, you are encouraged to post it."
GiveOrTake.org (United Kingdom) - "Give or Take is a simple way for people to give away things they don't need or take things they do."
RealCycle.co.uk (United Kingdom) - "The RealCycle Network is an organisation of concerned members of the public. The whole concept is based around the giving and receiving of useable items that may well end up in the local tip or landfill."
Other Tools:
RecyclingGroupFinder.com - Shows visitors on a map the closest freecycle, sharing and reuse groups

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