The Freecycle Network

The Freecycle Network
AbbreviationTFN
Formation1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)[1]
Legal status501(c)3
PurposeReuse
Region served
121 countries[2]
Membership
6,880,991[3]
Founder, executive director
Deron Beal[4]
Websitewww.freecycle.org

The Freecycle Network (TFN) is a private, nonprofit organization[5] registered in Arizona, US and is a charity in the United Kingdom.[6] TFN coordinates a worldwide network of "gifting" groups to divert reusable goods from landfills. The network provides a worldwide online registry, organizing the creation of local groups and forums for individuals and nonprofits to offer (or request) free items for reuse or recycling and to promote a gift economy.[7] In contrast, although flea markets and swap meets also contribute to the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), they involve mainly buying and selling or bartering rather than gifting.

  1. ^ "Background - FreecycleFAQ". Wiki.freecycle.org. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  2. ^ "The Freecycle Network". Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  3. ^ "The Freecycle Network". Freecycle.org. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  4. ^ "Leadership - FreecycleFAQ". Wiki.freecycle.org. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  5. ^ "The Freecycle Network". Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  6. ^ "Freecycle UK" is registered under charity number 1118148[permanent dead link‍] and its registration refers to uk.freecycle.org as its official website address.
  7. ^ Shah, Dhavan V; Nelson, Michelle R; Friedland, L.; Nelson, M. R. (2007). The politics of consumption/the consumption of politics. American Academy of Political and Social Science. Vol. 611. Sage, cop. p. 6. doi:10.1177/0002716207299647. ISBN 978-1-4129-5934-6. S2CID 144677793. Nelson, Rademacher, and Paek explore the underpinnings of sharing and civic identity through a case study of consumers in a second-order, online consumption community: Freecycle.org. Results show that these individuals hold downshifting attitudes (favor less work and less consumption). Yet the downshifting does not necessarily mean increased civic engagement in a traditional sense. Rather, political and civic engagement for this group included political consumption and digital forms of political participation. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)