Have you ever heard of Freecycling? It is a throwback to ancient times when people actually cared about eachother and shared. The premise behind Freecycling is of course not to care about people though, but to care about the environment.

Freecycling is a concept that facilitates the meeting of people who are willing to give things away for free instead of throwing them away, only for a similar product to be built again, at the cost of the earth.

Many people have had the experience of having a baby, buying a pram and then giving it away to a friend, sibling or relative. That is Freecycling, except that people participating in this concept give away anything.

Kittens, televisions, bikes, computer parts, food - you can find anything on these sites.

So why is Freecycling better than recycling?
Well first of all, most products cannot be easily recycled in first world countries. We do not bother to pay someone to separate a TV into plastic, glass and metal - it simply isn't economical, so it ends up in a massive pile of rubbish with the rest of the unrecycled garbage.

Also, you have to consider that in the process of recycling something, you need to transport it, clean it, process it, remake it into a product, transport it, sell it. All of these things take energy and for a lot of products, recycling is not yet viable with the technology we have. I am not advocating the ceasing of recycling by any means, but sometimes is isn't effective.

Freecycling means that you don't use ANY energy for someone to get a new product.

No energy used,
no waste
and no unnecessary production of new products.