Megan ByrneFreecycle for the Environment
September 18th 2006 03:58
In yesterday's post, I mentioned that I belong to a Freecycle Group in my area and assumed that everyone would know what I was talking about. I was wrong to assume. Apparently it's a good idea to talk about the group now, so you'll know what it is and what it does.
The statement on the Freecycle Network website is: "Our mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources and eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community". From my experience, that is precisely what Freecycle does and does well. One person gets rid of an unwanted item and gains some space. Someone else wants that unwanted item and fills some space. No one has to spend any time trying to figure out the half life of bulk trash in a dump. No one has to spend any time wondering why we need to look at the bulk trash in a dump. Everyone wins.
The Freecycle Network, a non-profit organization, was started in 2003 in Tucson, Arizona, USA as a single group of about 30 or 40 people. Today, there are 3,789 Freecycle communities with 2,659,339 members in 50 countries keeping 50 tons of trash out of landfills each day.
As the name implies, everything offered through the groups must be free (also legal and appropriate for all ages).
If you want to find a local group (or start one, for that matter), or just want to make sure I did a good job copying the Mission Statement, here it is. http://www.freecycle.org
Peace
The statement on the Freecycle Network website is: "Our mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources and eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community". From my experience, that is precisely what Freecycle does and does well. One person gets rid of an unwanted item and gains some space. Someone else wants that unwanted item and fills some space. No one has to spend any time trying to figure out the half life of bulk trash in a dump. No one has to spend any time wondering why we need to look at the bulk trash in a dump. Everyone wins.
The Freecycle Network, a non-profit organization, was started in 2003 in Tucson, Arizona, USA as a single group of about 30 or 40 people. Today, there are 3,789 Freecycle communities with 2,659,339 members in 50 countries keeping 50 tons of trash out of landfills each day.
As the name implies, everything offered through the groups must be free (also legal and appropriate for all ages).
If you want to find a local group (or start one, for that matter), or just want to make sure I did a good job copying the Mission Statement, here it is. http://www.freecycle.org
Peace
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