Freecycle

Ever heard of Freecycle?

Basically it's a community (read mailing list) where people give stuff away for free. Obviously, it's stuff that they don't want or need anymore. The idea is that one man's garbage is another man's treasure. Either way, this reduces wastage and is better for the environment. From the Freecycle homepage:

"The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,142 groups with 3,974,000 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. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). Membership is free."

Each Freecycle group is geographically based. Malaysia actually has a few.



Freecycle KL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle_kl/
Freecycle PJ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle_pj
Freecycle Penang: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PenangFreecycle
Freecycle Sarawak: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle_sarawak


Go forth and be less wasteful.