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===Reuse=== | === Reuse === | ||
Reuse of products is a simple way of extending their life. There | |||
Reuse of products is a simple way of extending their life. There's a hierarchy within reuse, depending on the amount of work required to return an item to service: | |||
*direct reuse - upgrading, passing items on, sale of second-hand items, refurbishment of used products; | *direct reuse - upgrading, passing items on, sale of second-hand items, refurbishment of used products; | ||
*repair of products to return to service; or | *repair of products to return them to service; or | ||
*remanufacturing - reinstating items to their original condition and selling them with a warranty matching that of a new item. | *remanufacturing - reinstating items to their original condition and selling them with a warranty matching that of a new item. | ||
Buying | Buying reused items like sofas and TVs rather than buying new was saving UK households around £1 billion a year and helping to create jobs - but this was just a fraction of the potential shown by WRAP's research released in November 2011. One million sofas which the current owner had finished with were reused in the UK every year, saving households over £320 million - but this was just 17% of the total number of sofas discarded each year. The environmental benefits of reusing one tonne of sofas are the same as recycling one tonne of plastics. | ||
At the time (2011, UK), these levels of re-use created financial savings to households of around £1 billion, and reduced CO2 equivalent emissions by one million tonnes - the same as taking 300,000 cars off the road. | |||
====References==== | ==== References ==== | ||
http://www.wrap.org.uk/ | |||
http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/facts-and-figures | |||
http://www.remanufacturing.org.uk/reuse-repair-recycle.lasso?-session=RemanSession:C26ADC53080f212319qiK3A7D85C | http://www.remanufacturing.org.uk/reuse-repair-recycle.lasso?-session=RemanSession:C26ADC53080f212319qiK3A7D85C | ||
===How is Freegle different to The Freecycle | === Be prepared for questions about === | ||
===== How is Freegle different to The Freecycle Network (TFN)? ===== | |||
Freegle groups are all run by local volunteers and are autonomous. | Freegle groups are all run by local volunteers and are autonomous. | ||
The Freegle network is democratic. | The Freegle network is democratic. | ||
Freegle was formed to create a unique, friendly and proactive UK network for online groups facilitating the | Freegle was formed to create a unique, friendly and proactive UK network for online groups facilitating the 'freecycling' of unwanted goods (TFN is controlled from the USA). | ||
Many Freegle groups started life under TFN but became Freegle groups so they could develop with a more local flavour. | |||
===Volunteers who have given live interviews=== | ===== Health and safety ===== | ||
===== Legalities ===== | |||
Things need to be legal and freely given. | |||
===== Members wanting more than their fair share ===== | |||
=== Volunteers who have given live interviews === | |||
8 March 2012 | 8 March 2012 | ||
Cat, Head of Media, | Cat, Head of Media, BBC Radio Shropshire - Jim Hawkins in the Morning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/programmes/schedules/2012/03/08 | ||
BBC Radio Shropshire | Local group: Oswestry Freegle (Yahoo Groups owner address at the time: Oswestry_Freegle-owner@yahoogroup) | ||
Jim Hawkins in the Morning | 11 March 2012 | ||
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ | Saira, Oswestry Freegle, BBC Radio Shropshire - Mike George, Sunday Breakfast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7mt | ||
Local | |||
Oswestry_Freegle-owner@yahoogroup | |||
Back to [[Publicity]] | Back to [[Publicity]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Promotion & Publicity]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:00, 17 July 2026
This is information that volunteers may find helpful when preparing for live interviews.
Reuse
Reuse of products is a simple way of extending their life. There's a hierarchy within reuse, depending on the amount of work required to return an item to service:
- direct reuse - upgrading, passing items on, sale of second-hand items, refurbishment of used products;
- repair of products to return them to service; or
- remanufacturing - reinstating items to their original condition and selling them with a warranty matching that of a new item.
Buying reused items like sofas and TVs rather than buying new was saving UK households around £1 billion a year and helping to create jobs - but this was just a fraction of the potential shown by WRAP's research released in November 2011. One million sofas which the current owner had finished with were reused in the UK every year, saving households over £320 million - but this was just 17% of the total number of sofas discarded each year. The environmental benefits of reusing one tonne of sofas are the same as recycling one tonne of plastics.
At the time (2011, UK), these levels of re-use created financial savings to households of around £1 billion, and reduced CO2 equivalent emissions by one million tonnes - the same as taking 300,000 cars off the road.
References
http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/facts-and-figures
Be prepared for questions about
How is Freegle different to The Freecycle Network (TFN)?
Freegle groups are all run by local volunteers and are autonomous.
The Freegle network is democratic.
Freegle was formed to create a unique, friendly and proactive UK network for online groups facilitating the 'freecycling' of unwanted goods (TFN is controlled from the USA).
Many Freegle groups started life under TFN but became Freegle groups so they could develop with a more local flavour.
Health and safety
Legalities
Things need to be legal and freely given.
Volunteers who have given live interviews
8 March 2012
Cat, Head of Media, BBC Radio Shropshire - Jim Hawkins in the Morning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/programmes/schedules/2012/03/08
Local group: Oswestry Freegle (Yahoo Groups owner address at the time: Oswestry_Freegle-owner@yahoogroup)
11 March 2012
Saira, Oswestry Freegle, BBC Radio Shropshire - Mike George, Sunday Breakfast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7mt
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