A Monthly Publication

By Beth Winsor

NORFOLK FREEGLE  -  FREE GIVING, LOCALLY, EASILY

Throwing something away? STOP!! Please keep household goods out of landfill by offering your unwanted but reusable items to other local people via the Freegle website. Freegle's objective is to enable individuals to do their bit for the environment (and their neighbours!) by giving away things they no longer need to people who can use them.

The county's leading online recycling groups, formerly Norfolk Freecycle, are now part of a new UK-based online network called Freegle. The original Norfolk Freecycle group was among the earliest in the UK, and due to its massive success soon split into separate groups for Norfolk’s districts – an arrangement which remains under the new name.

For existing members it is business as usual. Everything works in the same way as it did before the name change - people just need to update the web and e-mail addresses they use. We are all the same volunteers, based here in Norfolk, who are passionate about helping others in our community reduce the amount sent to landfill. Groups are all truly grassroots co-operatives run by and for local people.

You simply offer your items via the website, and then choose (from the e-mails you receive) who to give your item(s) to. The items are collected from you, which will save you time, energy and fuel if you were taking them to the recycling centre, and with a bit of luck you will make a new friend at the same time!

The local Freegle group for Hunstanton is West Norfolk:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/westnorfolkfreegle/

If you have any queries please contact the group's Moderators at: CLOAKING
Information on other local groups can be found at:
www.norfolk-freegle.org.uk
Information on Freegle at a national level is available at:
www.iloveFreegle.org