Online Recyclers Network is a FREE giveaway
website to recycle all your unwanted items for free to people in your area.
We make it simple for you to donate the stuff that is cluttering up your
home rather than throw it away. This makes a small but crucial difference to
the environment by reducing the growing problem of landfill.
The Online Recyclers Network website also makes it simple for you to find
useful items in your area for free. Search for a particular item in your
area by category, or you can post a request, and if someone can help
you, they will let you know.
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Offer items: If you have an
item you no longer need it, why not find a new owner for it. Simply Sign up
or Login at the Online Recyclers Network website, click 'offer items',
describe your item in a few words, click 'Add Item'. It's a good idea
to provide a picture as well, enroll in the right category and specify the
right location, - this helps people find it during their search. If someone
likes the item, they will contact you via the email of your choice to
arrange collection.
Finding items: Use Online Recyclers Network to find a
specific item in your area for free. Simply select 'looking for items',
type-in the item you're looking in the keyword box at the top of the page.
Or, if you fancy a browse of what's on offer, search the categories in the
menu to your left.
Request items: If your search returns 0 results,
you still can post a request by clicking on 'here' word at the bottom of
page ('If you cannot find the item what you looking for, you can post a
request here').
Describe your item what you looking for, select the right category and your
location. Please note that you cannot do more than one request per day.
Arranging collection: Once you've found an item you want,
you simply send a quick email to the person donating the item to arrange for
collection. If you donate, and someone takes your item, is recommended to
delete from your items list as soon as possible. (under 'my account' -> 'my
items')
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Everything is free! All items are donated for
free and there is no charge for using Online Recyclers Network. If someone
tries to ask any money, please report us.
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You can browse the items without to sign up.
You have to sign up only after you found the item, and you want to contact
the owner, or if you want to offer items. If you want to help a request, you
can contact the owner without to sign up.
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The picture should be no greater than 2 MB.
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Your item will be displayed for a full month
from date of posting, after than will goes 'offline', and you will have an
other 2 weeks while you can relist it. Also you can delete your items
anytime from your account. After an item has been successfully donated, it's
important to delete the item so that you don't receive emails from people
who think the item is still available.
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You determine the amount of emails you
receive. You can choose to receive email based on your alerts. By default
you don't have any alerts, so you won't get any emails about new offers. If
you looking for a certain items is recommended to create alert(s) from
your account ('My alerts'). You can delete/edit your alerts anytime.
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When an item is collected we ask you to
delete it from the website. This will stop any further emails to you and let
us know how many items we have successfully kept out of landfill.
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At the moment Online Recyclers Network is only available in
Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Nova Scotia
- Québec
- Ontario
- Saskatchewan
and USA
- New York state
- New York city
Developments are underway to expand the service.
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We can guarantee that no-one will see your
personal details without your permission. Any information you share with a
donator or receiver is at your own discretion. Your email will not be used
for any other proposal, and no one will see your real email address. Online
Recyclers Network has it's own internal messaging system.
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Online Recyclers Network differs from other
recycling services by offering a more user-friendly experience. Maybe you
already using other similar services, we don't want you to stop using them,
we just try to offer you an other extra tool. So feel free to try our
service, and if you like it, use it.
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If you can't find the answer for you question,
please contact us here. We'll try to answer it, as soon as possible.
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