We all like stuff, gadgets, gizmos, tools, whatever, but whenever we buy something new it’s creating demand for more stuff to be produced. Why create this demand when you can get lots of great stuff for free? Many of us also have quite a bit of old junk (to us) that we need to get rid of. Most of it isn’t anything we’re going to sell, but we still hold on to it. Turns out there are some great websites out there to help us find free stuff and to give us a place to give away our stuff.

Freecycle is a great website to go to find free stuff and to give stuff away for free. Once there you just search for a group near you and get signed up on the mailing list. The lists are Yahoo groups so they’re very easy and probably somewhat familiar to a lot of people. Once you’re signed up you can receive emails with all the stuff people are giving away or you can just check the group whenever there is something specific you need. The Phoenix group connects you to over 13,000 people and Tucson over 9,000 people, so there a lot of people giving away free stuff and looking for free stuff in Arizona.

Paper Back Swap – No need to buy new books, you can swap books with someone else. All you have to do is pay for postage.

Swap a CD – Similar to Paper Back Swap, but you pay .50 cents for each CD you order.

Re Use AZ is much like Freecycle except geared more towards business and construction. There you will find construction, landscaping materials, and much more. Unlike Freecycle everything is listed on the website, so no need to sign on to a group list.

What other sites are out there to help with this? Lets us know!

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