Article: The Swap Shop generation has grown up and just can't resist Freecycling...(News)

Byline: By MOLLY WATSON Western Mail

First we did it in the playground, then we did it on TV but now swapping has moved online. The thousands of children that grew up with Saturday morning's Swap Shop are putting their love of a bargain to good use with new website Freecycle. Created in America, www.freecycle.org began as a tool to encourage recycling. But the site has now attracted a global following of more than two million. Like eBay, users who log on to the site can post messages advertising unwanted belongings, but with Freecycle, no money changes hands. If ...

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