The FreeSharing Network is an international Regiving network designed to redistrbute unwanted usable items by making them available for free via a network of locally managed internet mailing lists. The practice of giving away ones goods to others. ...
It was created on February 8, 2005 as an alternative to the existing Freecycle Network. Several existing Freecycle groups expressed displeasure with the sponsorship of Freecycle by Waste Management Incorporated, while others were displeased with Freecycle's seeking a trademark and requests for donations for legal fees to continue the battle against "rogue" groups. February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Freecycle Network (often abbreviated TFN) is a corporation registered as a non-profit in Arizona that organizes a worldwide network of regiving groups, aiming to divert usable goods from landfill. ... A trademark or trade mark is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the business and its products or services from those of other businesses. ...
As a result of these issues and others, the website FreeSharing.org was created by Eric Burke of Anderson, South Carolina to act as a directory of independent, free sharing groups and to continue the work of sharing usable items with the community instead of simply throwing them in the trash. Anderson is a city located in Anderson County, South Carolina. ...
As of April 22, 2006 there are currently 458 groups in the directory serving over 175,000 members in the USA, Canada and around the world. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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http://FreeSharing.org
Waste Lines: As Freecycle grows, idealism and reality collide - article in Grist magazine about issues confronting FreeCycle that led to the creation of FreeSharing.org
FreeShare's only requirements for listing sites is that everything offered on the site be Free, Legal, and Appropriate For All Ages and that the group serves a local community.
This site is simply a directory for you to locate a local group that supports reducing landfill usage and recycling items by sharing them with your neighbors instead of simply throwing them away.
As the operating expences of FreeSharing.org are minimal and paid for by the webmaster, and as FreeSharing.org does not seek any donations, sponcership or other revenue there is no need to file for 'Official' non-profit status known as a 501(c)3.
FreeSharing is when you have an item you no longer need that is just too nice to put in the trash and you give the item away thru your local FreeSharing group.
So if you have an outdated TV, a garage you are cleaning out, or even a bunch of empty coffee cans, find your local group and pass on those items instead of tossing them in the dump.
The principle is very similar to FreeSharing and members can offer items such as excess items from government programs (infant formula, milk, etc), seeds, plants, fruit before it rots on the tree, excess veggies from the garden, canned goods from their hurricane survival stock, and so on.
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