“It just has completely floored me, the generosity of people. Especially in West Virginia because West Virginia is considered one of the poorest states in the nation. But people are very generous. It’s amazing.” Freecycle is a global recycling phenomenon. Since it started in Arizona in May 2003, it has grown to more than 4m members in 4100 cities, from Istanbul to Inwood. It boasts of keeping 300m tons of trash out of landfills every day and has inspired imitators.

freecycle would be a lot better if they didn’t use paleotech like mailing list.

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