Just doing my good deed for the day. Freecycle has been around for a while but its usefulness hasn't waned. I've just freecycled two desktop printers I no longer needed to two very happy recipients. Freecycle isn't limited to computers, of course. In the past I've received an old fashioned style push lawnmower that works perfectly for the little strip of grass in my otherwise fully mulched yard.

The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.

The network is usually made up of Yahoo! groups or similar e-mail/bulletin board sites. Our local Freecycle is very active and often has loads of great stuff...all for FREE...all recycled.

The Freecycle Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items. One person's trash can truly be another's treasure!

I've found that many not-so-tech savvy folks will happily take an older, slower computer to use as an e-mail station or web surfing machine. I mean let's face it, you're not going to get much on eBay for that old Pentium III anyway. Might as well give it to someone who can use it, right?