Don’t Just Recycle, Freecycle Network(TM) it!

A year after having first noticed the green ‘cyber’wave, months after informing the world about Global Internet giants going green and weeks after being appointed as the new Moderator of the Delhi Freecycle Network(TM) group, the green ‘cyber’wave just got stronger. And Yahoo! has taken the lead. Starting Earth Day, it is not just spreading the message, “Free is good - Give stuff, get stuff. Do good for the environment” through its green pages, but is also working to achieve the same.

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Last Sunday, Yahoo! unveiled its Earth Day initiative - aiming to divert mountains of landfill trash by using its green pages - to link people who are getting rid of some extra stuffs with others who may want that stuff. Yahoo! also announced its partnership with various reuse groups with a global outreach and is now working to convince its large number of users to join these groups, one of them being the Freecycle Network(TM).

The mode of operation of these reuse networks is that they create city based online groups and communities of users who then offer and request items and also arrange for pickup. In an attempt to make more and more users join such groups and to increase online participation, Yahoo! had decided to hide hundreds of earth-friendly prizes in reuse groups across the globe. These will be given away on ‘first replied first sent’ basis and the goodies even include, among other interesting stuffs, a smart car!

“Our mission is keeping things out of landfills. Junk only becomes junk after it no longer has any use. It is amazing what things people find uses for”, Deron Beal who had started the Freecycle group in 2003 remarked after partnering with Yahoo! The partnership is but obvious for the fact that Freecycle and other similar networks communicate via Yahoo! groups and other forums that require community mails.

“This is something people can do not just on Earth Day, but every day. Everyone has something they’d like to give or get. Green doesn’t have to cost more; it can be free”, Erin Carlson, Director, Yahoo for good declared to the world.

Or as Freecycle.org puts it, it’s all about changing the world - one gift at a time! The Planet seems to have had a good Earth Day this year. Apparently then, every Planet has its day!

Click here to find a local reuse group around you.

See also:

Green Options: Got Stuff? New Site Will Help You Reuse it

Green Options: Five Simple Steps for Going Green in College

Crafting a Green World: Upcycle!

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