Freegle
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Freegle logo | |
| Motto | Don’t throw it away – give it away! |
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| Formation | 11 September 2009 |
| Purpose | Reuse |
Region served | United Kingdom |
Membership | 1,964,89 |
Volunteers | approx. 1000 |
| Website | http://iLoveFreegle.org |
Freegle is a British organisation that aims to increase reuse and reduce landfill by offering an Internet-based service where people can give away and ask for things that would otherwise be thrown away. It is free to use and works in a similar way to the international Freecycle.
History
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]
Hosting
The majority of Freegle groups are hosted on Yahoo! Groups and many can also be used from the Facebook social networking service or from Freegle Direct (Freegle's own user interface).
Membership numbers
On February 2015, there were 403 Freegle groups with a total of 1,975,693 members in the UK.[4]
Mobile Apps
In November 2013 the mobile app Snaply was launched for the iPhone allowing browsing and posting to many local Freegle groups.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Glaskin, Max (10 September 2009). "UK Freecycle moderators break away from US network". The Guardian (London: Guardian Media Group).
- ↑ "Web recycling groups split" (REGISTRATION REQUIRED). Financial Times (London: Pearson plc). 18 September 2009.
- ↑ "What went wrong with Freecycle in the UK?". The Ecologist. 30 September 2009.
- ↑ http://www.iLoveFreegle.org/groups/.
- ↑ Whittaker, Freddie (26 November 2013). "Huge free-for-all makes us sharing website capital city". Oxford Mail (Oxford: Newsquest).