Freegle

Freegle

Freegle logo
Motto Don’t throw it away – give it away!
Formation 11 September 2009 (2009-09-11) (2 years ago)
Purpose/focus Recycling
Region served United Kingdom
Membership 1,227,078
Volunteers approx. 1000
Website http://iLoveFreegle.org

Freegle is a British organisation that aims to reduce landfill by encouraging people to give things away instead of throwing them away.

Freegle was formed on 11 September 2009 after many Freecycle groups in the UK decided to break away from the US parent organisation following disagreements on how groups in the UK should operate, and the dismissal of long-term UK moderators, who had been speaking out.[1][2][3]

The majority of Freegle groups are hosted on Yahoo Groups, and many can also be used from Facebook, or from Freegle Direct.

As of 15 December 2011 (2011 -12-15), there are 322 Freegle groups with an total of 1,227,078 members in the UK.

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References

  1. ^ Glaskin, Max (10 September 2009). "UK Freecycle moderators break away from US network". The Guardian (London: Guardian Media Group). http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/10/uk-freecycle-us-network. 
  2. ^ "Web recycling groups split" (Registration required). Financial Times (London: Pearson plc). 18 September 2009. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/35fd9422-a47d-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.html. 
  3. ^ a b "What went wrong with Freecycle in the UK?". The Ecologist. 30 September 2009. http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_analysis/329180/what_went_wrong_with_freecycle_in_the_uk.html. 
  4. ^ http://www.iLoveFreegle.org/groups.

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