"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle". If anyone is familiar with me, they would know this is my personal mantra. "One man’s trash is another man’s treasure" -- This is The Freecycle Network's mantra.
The Free what?
If it's any easier for you to imagine, you can think of The Freecycle Network as a free version of eBay. As in, you have something free to offer to a stranger, or you want to get something from a stranger for free.
The items can be anything. I saw requests for orchid cuttings, old books, and even a piano!
If you've thrown away anything that is still working just fine and felt that pang of guilt before, you'll understand the great thing about Freecycle. Stuff that are still usable gets a longer life-span, and this in turn reduces the amount of garbage that goes into our landfill. Sometimes, you might just need something (doesn't matter the condition of the item), but the price of a brand new one is just not worth it.
We are running out of land for dumping our garbage, which could be
better put to use by recycling them.
Most cities in the world have their own local Freecycle network. You can check for yours through the main website of Freecycle (http://www.freecycle.org/).
I've joined my local group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle_kl/). I highly recommend everyone to join too!
Blue sky and green grass. With less garbage dumps in the world, it's not
hard to see this view everyday, everywhere.
