Isle of Wight Freegive Group

recycleuk · Joined: 27 May 2010 Posts: 1

Items we throw away such as bed, television, clothes, furniture, printer, toys, sofa and computer can pass to someone in your community.

Recycling is an effective way to cut down on the use of these limited resources as well as promoting community involvement in the process.

If you haven't heard yet, there is wonderful organization called Free Give Group ( http://www.freegive.co.uk ). Free Give Group connects people who are giving and getting unwanted items for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills and, at the same time, helping someone in your community by gifting them the item you no longer need. Another benefit of using Freegive is that it encourages poeple to get rid of junk that we no longer need and promote community involvement in the process. By using Freegive, not only are you able to get rid of your item with the minimum of fuss; you will also be doing your part in stopping another reusable item ending up in a landfill. It's completely free to join and everything posted must be free.

Freegive group is active in all Isle of Wight towns. Find a group near you at http://www.freegive.co.uk/see.htm

Free give group is active in all United Kingdom and other countries across the world. Find a group near you at http://www.freegive.co.uk/groups.htm

This is a great idea! Encouraging people to reuse and recycle things by giving them away and not sending them to the garbage bin!

I think freegive ( http://www.freegive.co.uk ) is a great way to build a bond in the community and it's always good to recycle. I think it's a fantastic idea and everyone should join!

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lsc73 · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 37

I think you will be hard pushed for it to take off when you already have Freecycle.

I freecycle a lot, it's a good site BUT one thing that annoys me is when people ask you to deliver. I mean, come on - I am giving it away and you want me to deliver it as well? Rolling Eyes

A recent one was a baby car seat - was asked if I could deliver it. I responded along the lines of if you don't have a car to pick it up in, what use is a baby seat for a car? I think that would have been a boot fair seller personally. I don't like the thought of people profiteering out of my kindness. I try and select the person who has the items carefully and is in genuine need.

Wight Portal · Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 316 Location: Carisbrooke

I'll have to agree with lsc73, I think you've missed the boat on this one. Freecycle have been at it a while, has had local press coverage and already have 500 odd members.

Unless you come up with a different angle you could well be wasting your time.

The same sort of thing happened with the Weekly Ad, does OK in paper format but online it's dead in the water because of Wightbay.