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• The Freecycle Network is non-profit online registry that coordinates the "gifting" of items for reuse as an alternative to discarding them in the trash.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Also known as "TFN" or "Freecycle"
  2. Local chapters: 4,180
  3. Members: 4,132,246
  4. Each local group has a [[Yahoo!]] Groups mailing

• Motto:

  "Changing the world one gift at a time."

• Background

  The Freecycle Network was formed originally as part of a non-profit project to clean up waste in Tuscon, Arizona. The first email groups were started by the group founder, Deron Beal.

• Popularity

  The concept has spread around the world, spawning groups in over 50 countries. Other services have cropped up as well, attempting to imitate the best of the Freecycle Network and add a twist here and there to the details.

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