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Ottawa Freecycle - 2006 Year end report

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Eric Snyder
Eric Snyder

Freecycle is a nonprofit organization that promotes recycling and reducing waste by allowing members to post unwanted items online and give them away for free to other members. The document summarizes Freecycle activity in Ottawa, Canada in 2006, noting there were over 3,000 Freecycle communities worldwide with over 3 million members in 75 countries. It provides statistics on the number of Freecycle groups and members in Canada and the Ottawa area. It explains how Freecycle works and its goals of keeping usable items out of landfills.

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Year end report Ottawa Freecycle 2006
FreeCycle… What is it?
Freecycle started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. Freecycle uses an online forum to ‘recycle’ (actually re-use…) unwanted items.
When you want to find a new home for something -- a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door, etc. -- you simply send an e-mail offering it to members of your Freecycle group(s).
Or, maybe you're looking for something yourself. Just answer a member's offer, and you might get it. It's up to the giver to decide who gets the ‘gift’, and to make pickup arrangements for passing on the treasure.
You have something you don’t want! Rather than trash it, or hide it away in a basement, garage or closet, you get rid of it by offering it on a Freecycle group! Give away, or ask for stuff. But, everything must be FREE !  It’s a simple concept…
January 7, 2007: 3,912 F reecycle c ommunities A few facts… 3.0 million m embers 75 countries around our planet!
287 groups in Canada; 127 groups in Ontario; 24 in E Ont/W Que, including… Ottawa-7941 Barrhaven-820 Kanata-1473 Glebe-1231 Manotick-410 Orleans-1104 Cumberland-200 Embrun-68 Gatineau-1070 Chelsea-172 Glen Robertson-48 Stittsville-566 Ottawa Valley-1382 Kemptville-323 Winchester-228 Brockville-540 Cornwall-815 Cardinal-41 Morrisburg-279 Vankleek Hill-198 Clarence/Rockland-241 Updated: 2007-01-7
Freecycle makes a difference!! Worldwide…300 tons per day reused and / or diverted from landfills! A few more facts… 23,200 items “freecycled” since 2004-02 116+ tons of “stuff”! 22 successful transactions on Ottawa Freecycle daily
FREE, legal, & appropriate for all ages. NO alcohol; tobacco, firearms; drugs (legal or otherwise). Rules
NO POLITICS, NO SPAM, NO MONEY, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS / RUDENESS Baddies are banned on Freecycle!! Etiquette - actively monitored!
Join a local Freecycle™ group Ottawa.FreecycleCanada.org
 
After you join… Tell us how you found us… Help us see what works; what doesn’t Do it! Post an offer; bid on an offer; post a wanted Pay it Forward Tell 3 others about Freecycle
Freecycler Jenn, kids & Freecycle “stuff” Children’s toys, clothing, etc. VERY popular on Freecycle!
Sample Freecycle posts OFFER: Building Stone (Glebe) OFFER: Girl’s 12 "   bike (Orleans) … in good condition; needs new training wheels as one is worn clear through. OFFER : Toaster Oven (Sandy Hill) WANTED: Red Wrigglers…(Vanier)
Old candles you’ll never use? Freecycle ‘em!                                                                          
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation www. fef .ca Freecycle’s continuing growth in Eastern Ontario is made possible by the selfless volunteerism of a large number of moderators and supporters… And by generous financial support of contributions by: Sponsored by:
That’s it; that’s all folks!!! Freecycle Improving the planet, one gift at a time! Ottawa.FreecycleCanada.org

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Ottawa Freecycle - 2006 Year end report

  • 1. Year end report Ottawa Freecycle 2006
  • 3. Freecycle started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. Freecycle uses an online forum to ‘recycle’ (actually re-use…) unwanted items.
  • 4. When you want to find a new home for something -- a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door, etc. -- you simply send an e-mail offering it to members of your Freecycle group(s).
  • 5. Or, maybe you're looking for something yourself. Just answer a member's offer, and you might get it. It's up to the giver to decide who gets the ‘gift’, and to make pickup arrangements for passing on the treasure.
  • 6. You have something you don’t want! Rather than trash it, or hide it away in a basement, garage or closet, you get rid of it by offering it on a Freecycle group! Give away, or ask for stuff. But, everything must be FREE !  It’s a simple concept…
  • 7. January 7, 2007: 3,912 F reecycle c ommunities A few facts… 3.0 million m embers 75 countries around our planet!
  • 8. 287 groups in Canada; 127 groups in Ontario; 24 in E Ont/W Que, including… Ottawa-7941 Barrhaven-820 Kanata-1473 Glebe-1231 Manotick-410 Orleans-1104 Cumberland-200 Embrun-68 Gatineau-1070 Chelsea-172 Glen Robertson-48 Stittsville-566 Ottawa Valley-1382 Kemptville-323 Winchester-228 Brockville-540 Cornwall-815 Cardinal-41 Morrisburg-279 Vankleek Hill-198 Clarence/Rockland-241 Updated: 2007-01-7
  • 9. Freecycle makes a difference!! Worldwide…300 tons per day reused and / or diverted from landfills! A few more facts… 23,200 items “freecycled” since 2004-02 116+ tons of “stuff”! 22 successful transactions on Ottawa Freecycle daily
  • 10. FREE, legal, & appropriate for all ages. NO alcohol; tobacco, firearms; drugs (legal or otherwise). Rules
  • 11. NO POLITICS, NO SPAM, NO MONEY, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS / RUDENESS Baddies are banned on Freecycle!! Etiquette - actively monitored!
  • 12. Join a local Freecycle™ group Ottawa.FreecycleCanada.org
  • 13.  
  • 14. After you join… Tell us how you found us… Help us see what works; what doesn’t Do it! Post an offer; bid on an offer; post a wanted Pay it Forward Tell 3 others about Freecycle
  • 15. Freecycler Jenn, kids & Freecycle “stuff” Children’s toys, clothing, etc. VERY popular on Freecycle!
  • 16. Sample Freecycle posts OFFER: Building Stone (Glebe) OFFER: Girl’s 12 "   bike (Orleans) … in good condition; needs new training wheels as one is worn clear through. OFFER : Toaster Oven (Sandy Hill) WANTED: Red Wrigglers…(Vanier)
  • 17. Old candles you’ll never use? Freecycle ‘em!                                                                          
  • 18. TD Friends of the Environment Foundation www. fef .ca Freecycle’s continuing growth in Eastern Ontario is made possible by the selfless volunteerism of a large number of moderators and supporters… And by generous financial support of contributions by: Sponsored by:
  • 19. That’s it; that’s all folks!!! Freecycle Improving the planet, one gift at a time! Ottawa.FreecycleCanada.org