Freecycle is a website that includes several offers and wants in your area. This means, let’s say you are in Columbus, Ohio, that people in Columbus put up posts that state what they are specifically looking for or what they are offering to give away. This website is completely FREE.
This website comes in handy when you are moving into your new apartment where you could have sworn the oven came included. But alas, it did not. Those shysters! So, there you are without an oven. What is a broke student to do? Well, aside from ugly crying for a few minutes, just log right onto Freecycle and ta-da. Someone will either be trying to give one away. If not you can always just make a post on an item that you are in need of. The community will usually happily reply and ta-da there is your new stove. This website is all about good people wanting to do good things. We all are in a pinch without money to buy something that we badly need. This website is all about boosting your good karma.
Another time this website comes into great use is when you are moving out of your dorm or apartment and realize you do not need or do not have room in your car to keep the things you have. Instead of just throwing it all in the dumpster or just putting it on the curb. You can do a little planning ahead of time and just post it on Freecycle. People will gladly come and pick up your unwanted items. You’ll save room in the landfill for more important things, like rotting bananas and Styrofoam cups.
The main purpose of this website is to enable people in a capitalistic society to not throw things away just to buy new ones later. This website helps connect people in order to reduce waste. This website is an absolute life saver for any student, or human being.
You don’t just have to use this website if you are broke. But boy, does it help. Unlike craigslist, this website has a message and as far as we know, there hasn’t been a Freecycle killer. That’s right craigslist I said it.
