Modern-day dumpster diving: Want a free TV? As the DNC taught us, there’s nothing better than getting free stuff. Free bikes, free water bottles, free condoms to protect us from John McCain. Now, ...

Do you like free stuff? Have you noticed how it usually comes with a gimmick? Well, in this case, there’s no gimmick, just people looking to give stuff away rather than throwing it in in the trash or ...

Around the world, millions of prod­ucts are manufac­tured and sold to consumers daily, but many will only be used for a brief time before a) owners grow bored with them, b) they end up buried in the ...

Want to save money on furniture, a computer, maybe a musical instrument? The Freecycle Network, which helps people and organizations reduce waste by recycling unwanted items, might be the answer -- ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle. We’ve all heard this waste minimization mantra of the environmental movement, but most of the emphasis tends to go on recycling. Important as it is, recycling should in fact be ...

You folks in dire straights who need free stuff, have you tried www.freecycle.org? I read the pleas for “help” in the daily Missoulian. Often, what folks are asking for is readily available from ...

The Freecycle Network began as a pretty simple idea: Folks could post lists on the Web of things they no longer want — but don't want to merely throw away. Now the freecycle.org network has spread ...

Knapp is a freecycle moderator. She says, "Freecycle is a place where people can get rid of things they no longer want, or people can find things they're looking for, so as to keep things out of ...

Though you’ll find the very best savings in On the Cheap and the Savvy Shopper section of the paper, there are other avenues to explore for cutting both costs and waste. Hampton resident Brian Rueger, ...