I've written about Freecycle.org before here on The Social Software
Weblog—Geographically Recycling.
Freecycle now boasts a membership in 1,105 cities of 278,390.
According to the Freecycle website:
The Freecycle Network is a project of RISE, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission includes reducing waste, generating employment training, and fostering cooperation between other nonprofit organizations and the public.
RISE started the Freecycle Network in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. Freecycle provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items. One person's trash can truly be another's treasure!
I belong to two Freecycle groups in my area. How about you?
1. There's so many in my area; I joined two. The bigger one has to approve me to make sure I'm not a spammer (which is great that they're protecting the group like that).
THANKS!
Posted at 8:03PM on Dec 18th 2005 by Sherri