Ballymena Freegle

17/08/2020

Brand new 'Freegle' group for Carrickfergus and Larne:

www.ilovefreegle.org/explore/CarrickfergusLarneFreegle

EVERYTHING on Freegle is FREE - including membership! Just click the link above to join.

Please don't throw your old stuff away! Someone, somewhere may still find it useful. If you live in our group area from Carrickfergus to Carnlough please join up and offer it to our members. A much better option than sending it to landfill.
Items must be legal, appropriate for all age-groups, and given away for free. Requests/offers of animals of ALL species are not permitted.
Please: no Lending, swapping or selling.

Official FREEGLE group for Carrickfergus and Larne area; re-use, not landfill

08/05/2020

Freegling back again

Hi everyone,

With lockdown easing now tentatively beginning, Councils across the UK are starting to open up local recycling facilities, and government advice encourages you to use online platforms such as ours instead.

We are taking our cue from this and are very happy to say that our website reopened on Friday 8th May.

We have some extra guidelines in this period:

* Keep it essential
* Keep it local
* Protect each other
* If you have COVID-19 symptoms, don’t freegle until the end of your quarantine
* Observe social distancing

The full guidelines can be found here:

https://www.ilovefreegle.org/covidsafefreegling

Obviously, everyone has different ideas about what is essential, but we trust us all to be safe with each other and to work within the spirit of these first steps back to our usual freedoms. Let's work together to achieve lots of reuse in a safe and sensible way.

Take care of yourselves and each other. Any questions, please ask us and give feedback. Welcome back to freegling again.

Warm regards,

Your local Freegle volunteers

How to freegle and stay safe from COVID-19

23/03/2020

Hi there freeglers,

Very sadly, after the Government’s announcement on 23rd March, Freegle will have to suspend OFFER/WANTED posts until the situation changes. We’ll email you when we’re back.

If possible, please hold on to your stuff and post it when we reopen. There will be a lot of people who are struggling and will need things when that happens.

Communities have come together in this crisis, so let's continue that momentum when things look brighter and build on it by freegling in the future. Our earth has had a window for recovery, we can keep that open and conserve our precious resources and protect the environment.

Our ChitChat section (https://www.ilovefreegle.org/chitchat) is staying open. Join us here to swap hints, tips and tell others how you’re filling your day. Share your knowledge and questions on upcycling, reuse, crafts, gardening, cooking, hobbies etc.

Freegle also needs your help. We are funded mostly from donations given by freeglers - no freegling means we won’t be getting donations. Lots of charities and businesses will be struggling, but if you want us to be here for you in six months’ time we would really appreciate you setting up a regular donation at: https://freegle.in/paypal1

See you on the other side!

17/01/2020

To offer or find items for reuse rather than landfill, please register for FREE at Freegle: www.ilovefreegle.org/

ALL items offered or requested on Freegle are free to pass on.

Give and get stuff for free in your local community. Don't just recycle - reuse, freecycle and freegle!

21/05/2019

Did you know that Freegle can also be used to give away and find unwanted, edible food!
Just download our free sharing app here > http://ow.ly/DbOu30nyjdj to get started and join our massive community of 2.8 million people who love to keep stuff out of the bin!

02/04/2019

UK design company Gomi transforms waste materials destined for landfill into beautiful and unique marbled modular Bluetooth audio speakers.

19/03/2019

‘We are a society consumed by consuming – our constant need for bigger and better and for many, this is a hard-to-break habit.’ Read our Chief Executive's blog on The Big Declutter and why re-use is so important.

https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/blog/tackle-monster-lurking-cupboard

12/03/2019

From removing plastic cups in schools, to introducing charity recycling boxes

08/03/2019

The top 10 in Resource’s annual list of influencers, the Hot 100, has been announced, with Cat Fletcher, Reuse Manager at Brighton and Hove City Council and co-founder of reuse network Freegle, taking the top spot.

07/03/2019

So, what IS Freegle?
It's a UK wide movement, where anyone can offer or request an item, to reuse rather than send to landfill.

EVERYTHING has to be free and legal.

No weapons of any description, no selling or buying, no offers of or requests for payment, and no livestock (pets, fish, birds, farm animals).
Feel free to post to this page, but also post to the main page, which can be found via https://www.ilovefreegle.org