Freegle

Freegle
Freegle logo
Motto Don’t throw it away – give it away!
Formation 11 September 2009 (2009-09-11)
Purpose Reuse
Region served
United Kingdom
Membership
2,608,461
Volunteers
approx. 1000
Website https://iLoveFreegle.org

Freegle is a UK organisation that aims to increase reuse and reduce landfill by offering a free Internet-based service where people can give away and ask for things that would otherwise be thrown away.

History

Freegle was formed on 11 September 2009 after many Freecycle groups in the UK decided to break away from the US parent organisation following disagreements on how groups in the UK should operate and the dismissal of long-term UK moderators, who had been speaking out.[1][2][3][4]

Organisation

Each local Freegle group is run by volunteer moderators, is autonomous and affiliates to the national Freegle Ltd organisation provided they meet basic requirements such as being free to join and everything handed on must be free and legal. [5] Freegle Ltd is a non-profit organization: an Industrial and Provident Society for Community Benefit Registration no: 32410R. [6] and registered as a charity with HMRC reference XT32865.[7]

Membership numbers

In March 2017, there were 405 Freegle groups with a total of 2,608,461 members in the UK.[8]

Hosting

The majority of Freegle groups are hosted on Freegle Direct (Freegle's own open source platform) or as an app from the Facebook social networking service. Norfolk groups have their own platform. Most Freegle groups are also available on the trash nothing! website.

Some groups still run on Yahoo Groups, but this is being discontinued by September 2018.

Mobile apps

In April 2015 the Freegle mobile app was launched to allow access to Freegle Direct groups on Android, iOS and Kindle phones and tablets.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Glaskin, Max (10 September 2009). "UK Freecycle moderators break away from US network". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group.
  2. ↑ "Web recycling groups split" (Registration required). Financial Times. London: Pearson plc. 18 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "What went wrong with Freecycle in the UK?". The Ecologist. 30 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13359378.Containers_to_turn_trash_into_treasure/" The Argus. Retrieved 2015-6-29.
  5. ↑ "Basic Requirements of a Freegle Group". Freegle. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mutuals Public Register entry for Freegle Ltd". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "About Freegle". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Freegle". www.ilovefreegle.org.
  9. ↑ "New Freegle app created in Eden". Cumberland and Westmorland Herald . Penrith. 24 April 2015.
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