Freecycling growing faster since financial crisis


	Freecycling growing faster since financial crisis

egsnyder

11-1-2008 11:21 AM

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gifting, freecycling, fullcircles, economy

egsnyder says:

... economic woes means freecycling grows... apparently.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5f3af045-07c8-46c9-9a70-1935a6ab80e2/1EEE9E8E-803B-4AC0-9BD5-C698A47F461C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/10/29/freecycle-growing-at-double-the-rate-since-financial-crisis-bega/" href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/10/29/freecycle-growing-at-double-the-rate-since-financial-crisis-bega/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.walletpop.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/10/29/freecycle-growing-at-double-the-rate-since-financial-crisis-bega/"><SPAN id="ppt1355967">Freecycle growing at double the rate since financial crisis began</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/10/29/freecycle-growing-at-double-the-rate-since-financial-crisis-bega/"><P class="byline"><STRONG><A href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/bloggers/sarah-gilbert/">Sarah Gilbert</A></STRONG><BR />Oct 29th 2008 at 7:03AM</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/10/29/freecycle-growing-at-double-the-rate-since-financial-crisis-bega/"><A href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_42/b4104056853835.htm">Freecycling in this <EM>BusinessWeek </EM>article</A>, I love the factoid near the end of the piece: "since Wall Street imploded [Freecycle] has been registering 50,000 more each week, up from 25,000 previously." 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