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Sites like Freecycle.org

Freecycle.org is a reuse and recycle website that connects people who are giving away items for free with people who need the items. The service is completely free and utilizes the networking power of Yahoo! groups. The site became popular due to it's promotion on Yahoo's "green" site during Earth day.

People give away items on sites like Freecycle to de-clutter their homes or simply to help a neighbor. There are also a number of reasons listed in the article: Reasons Why People Give Away Freebies. The same situations listed in that article apply for Freecycle and similar sites. Although Craigslist.org was already a popular site, and it's "free" section readily available, Freecycle.org was revolutionary because it stressed that items should be reused in order to save the the environment.

The founder of Freecycle.org created the network because he saw that useful items were being thrown away. Large items, like furniture and bikes, would be thrown away because the people getting rid of them didn't know anyone to give them to. And these large, useful items were taking up space in landfills. Now that Freecycle is available, if someone buys a new table for their kitchen, they should have no excuse for dumping their old table in garbage. Someone, somewhere can use it and there is a way to connect with them.

Since Freecycle.org was created, a number of similar sites have popped up. These sites are essentially a specialized type of online classified ads. This is why a page like this one was created to be included in the Classified Ads Websites Directory at ActuallyFree.info.

Note: Freecycle.org is the only site listed on this page that has been tested by ActuallyFree.info. Any site that is open to an online community can have risks, so it is wise to be cautious.

Sites similar to Freecycle.org

Freecycle.org - "The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 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 - "Free Give Away is 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 they 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. At its most basic level it is a charity, at its most sophisticated it is a cashless gift economy in which supply and demand is linked by information networks."

FreeMesa.org - "FreeMesa.org is a website dedicated to giving away free stuff! Really! It is a place to exchange free stuff with people in your local community all for free. If you need a new couch, chair, bike, or computer, chances are there is someone in your area trying to give this stuff away for free. FreeMesa makes it easy to bring people together so they can save money, time, and help the environment all by giving stuff away. Likewise, if you have stuff that needs a new home, FreeMesa has you covered!"

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 sites featured on FreeSharing.org are all locally owned, grassroots groups, working to help their neighbors and the environment by keeping usable items out of the landfill by passing them along to people who can use them. The Directory has links to over 900 locally managed groups serving over 400,000 members in the USA, Canada and around the world. If there is no group in your area, please consider starting one."

FreeUse.org - "Welcome to FreeUse.org, the home of the non-profit FreeUse Network, where one person's "trash" is another person's treasure!"

ILoveFreegle.org - "Don’t throw it away – give it away! You might not need that old sofa or wheelbarrow any more – but there might be someone just round the corner who does. Or if there’s something you’d like, someone nearby might have one."

OnlineRecyclers.com - "Online Recyclers Network, is a FREE giveaway website to recycle all your unwanted items for free to people in your area."

Recycle4Free.com - "Got something you no longer need? Don't send it to Landfill, give it away! Recycle4Free is here to help Re-Users meet to exchange item's that would normally end up in Landfill."

ReuseItNetwork.org - "The ReUseIt Network is an on-line forum that serves as a tool to make connections between community members who want to help each other, themselves, and their environment. In a disposable society where many items are discarded long before they have actually outlived their use, The ReUseIt Network 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 - "If you like the concept of freecycling with others without all of the rules and politics, this is the place to do it. 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 - "It couldn't be easier. Once registered, you sign in and post an offer or a request to your Community. If someone wants what you are offering, then they can come pick it up. If you see something that another member is offering that you want, you can go 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 - "WORLDWIDE FREE SHARE is 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:

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)

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."

Free2Collect.co.uk (United Kingdom) - "One man's junk is another man's treasure."

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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