Cheryl wrote:
> On Mon 28 Dec 2009 12:41:24p, Steve B wrote in rec.food.cooking
> >:
>
>> I put a craigslist ad on for an item I needed, and I got a reply
>> from Freecycle. They wanted me to sign up, etc. I have never
>> heard of it. Can you give me info? I'd like to hear about it
>> from users rather than the company.
>
> It's sort of like the wanted or sales sections of Craigs list, but
> everything is given away. An alternative to keeping items out of the
> landfills if they still have some life left in them. It's not a
> company, and run through Yahoo! groups. I'm sure most every community
> has a local list, or at least one close by. It's amazing some of the
> things I've seen listed, and there always seems to be a taker.
>
> www.freecycle.org

My wife had gotten a kiln for her elementary art classroom from an
elderly lady who was moving to a smaller place. Included with the kiln
were more than fifty ceramic molds she didn't need. I placed an ad on
our local freecycle list and they were taken within the hour. The best
part is they were taken by a young woman who was disabled and trying to
make a better living through ceramics. We still see her from time to
time and she is enjoying the molds, which otherwise would have gone to
the landfill.

I did the same with a bike we had that hadn't been ridden in several
years, snapped up within the hour for a kid who needed one.