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Saturday, November 19, 2005

Freecycle:


Our local Freecycle group was in the paper this week.

A copy of the article follows:

AN OCKLEY man is doing his bit to reduce landfill and the idea is catching on. Hedley Phillips moderates the web-based group, MoleValley Freecycle, part of the international Freecycle Network.

The website welcomes postings from anyone with items they want to get rid of, and which they would otherwise throw out. The items are then free to anyone who wants to collect them.

“Recycling is a way of life for me and my family,” said Mr Phillips.

Almost anything can be offered. Since June this year, when Hedley set up the site, computer printers, a wheelbarrow, vacuum cleaners and even a large number of plastic bags have all been advertised and taken.

Perhaps the most unusual posting so far has been several hundred 44-gallon plastic drums from a local farmer.

“Most of those went to a gamekeeper for grain storage,” said Mr Phillips.
It is also possible to request items, though it’s a Freecycle rule that no one asks for anything too valuable.

MoleValleyFreecycle has 200 members. Anyone interested in joining should go to www.freecycle.org and follow the links to the UK.

2 Comments:

At 7:05 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hiya, its viks from freecycle here, just calling by to wish you a merry christmas (ok so im early!)

Lots of love viks

 
At 7:23 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

happy new year love viks

 

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