WHAT DO YOU do when you have a garage full of old tools and garden furniture, no transport, and just a few days in which to clear the clutter? This is the situation I found myself in last year when my parents moved into a small flat. It was too late to sell the items through the

local paper, and out of the question to send them to landfill. So I joined the local Freecycle group.

The Freecycle Network was started in 2003 in Tucson, Arizona to promote waste reduction in the area and protect the desert landscape which was threatened by landfill. Since then it has grown to become a worldwide movement: ...

 

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