What Is Freecycle?

I know I mention Freecycle a lot here. I realized this morning that maybe not everyone knows about Freecycle. What is Freecycle? Freecycle is an organization dedicated to recycling and keeping good junk out of our landfills. It is a group of message boards sorted by towns and cities. People post on these boards things they have or things they want. Things that will otherwise go in the garbage and fill up our dumps, but are still good.

I became involved with Freecycle when I became involved in decluttering my house. I had a lot of stuff around that I would never use. I still do. A lot of it is too good to just throw away. I'm all for recycling. My husband and I both have trouble passing up on a good deal, even if we don't need it. Therefore we end up with a lot of stuff we don't really need. We used to go to an auction regularly. We frequent thrift and antique stores. We can't drive past a yard sale without stopping. Plus we inherited a bunch of stuff we still haven't sorted through. Freecycle is a perfect solution to too much stuff.

Everything on Freecycle must be free. It is not for selling items. You go to the main website and look up your local town or city to find your local site. Because I live in a rural area between towns I belong to multiple Freecycle groups. I would encourage anyone to get involved. And it can be fun. www.freecycle.org