With the growing number of people understanding that reuse is the first option before recycle, all sorts of groups have started up where you can offer your items for free to others who can make use of them. One such service is The Freecycle Network™ which currently has nearly 3.5 million members globally. If you're in Australia, a great new service is E-Cycled.

I've been reading some amazing stories of people who believed *no-one* could make use of their junk, only to find it snapped up when posted to these sorts of sites.

Think re-use before thinking recycle

Michael Bloch
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