Along the Green Path
A Guide to Free-Cycling
Free-cycling conserves money and resources.
The merits of recycling on the town level are well publicized, but free-cycling is less famous. Free-cycling is a low tech, informal type of recycling. The free-cyclers benefit directly from the free-cycling, and so does the environment. Free-cycling keeps materials out of landfills and conserves resources. It is even more environmentally friendly than putting something in the recycling bin for a pick up, because it saves the gas that would have been burned to transport the product to a central recycling center and the resources it takes to sort, melt, and reuse recycled materials. With a few helpful tips, you can be a free-cycling expert. Using hand-me-downs is an easy and traditional form of free-cycling. I didn't get my first set of new…
