Freecycling at its Best

1 comment January 30th, 2008

In a previous Go Now article, Aimee Kuelling wrote about collecting a surprisingly large amount of cool but unused stuff around her house.  I’ve certainly experienced a similar situation in the past - finding unused but perfectly good household items I didn’t need anymore and being unsure what to do with them.  For about a year I had a chest freezer in my garage that didn’t have a home - I couldn’t get it into my basement and I didn’t have a place for it to be stored well in my garage.  Unsure what to do with it, I did a little internet research and found out about a program called Freecycling.

Freecycling is a group of people who use a mailing list to post items they don’t need anymore or post requests for items they’re looking for but don’t want to or can’t afford to pay for.  Got a pair of unused end tables?  An old couch?  Clothes that your kids have grown out of?  Clay pots?  You can find someone on Freecycle that’s looking for them.  In the past few days you could see books and refrigerators, dollhouses, ferret cages and bubble wrap asked for and received by random strangers all looking for a better place for their unused stuff.

If you’re looking for the Rockford Area Freecycle group, visit their Yahoo!Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockford_area_freecycle/  You won’t be disappointed.