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Cameron Andrews, Sandra Wang and Emma Rogers have launched a new ‘freecycling’ site called e-cycled.com ‘to help tackle the problem of household goods becoming waste prematurely.’
‘We were mainly concerned about items such as furniture and whitegoods that many people throw out when they still have quite a bit of use left in them,’ Wang says.
When moving apartments recently, Andrews found he had a pile of furniture, in good condition but not worth selling, that needed getting rid of quickly. Much of it was not wanted by charity.
‘We hope that e-cycled.com will help provide an easy-to use alternative that will help people see old household items as reusable goods, not landfill waste,’ says Andrews.
‘To tackle climate change, people need to think more seriously about reuse and recycling, rather than consumption and dumping.’ e-cycled.com follows other sites of the same motivation, such as the already popular freecycle.org.au, established by Recycling Community Australia, which are helping to reduce needless waste to landfill.
People can search or list their goods on e-cycled.com by registering and then creating a listing, with or without photos. Visitors interested in any listed items can use the links to ask questions or arrange for collections.
Editor's Note: First published in the July 2007 issue of ECOS Magazine. For permission to reproduce this article please contact ECOS.
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