- Manchester greencycle
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Manchester GreenCycle is a large community of environmentally responsible local people who give their unwanted and reusable items to other members. This extends the life of the item, and prevents it from going to landfill while reducing the carbon footprint which contributes to global warming.
On average, the group members post 950 items each month, which makes it a very busy group.
The group formed on January 9, 2008, and currently has over 9800 members. It is part of the Freegle network, a non profit UK organisation which was formed on September 11, 2009.
Manchester Greencycle has a sister Cafe group, which is a space for things that cannot be posted on the main group such as advice, community information, events and workshops is a discussion group, where you can ask for advice, volunteers, and advertise local events. A number of carefully selected local groups and organisations which are ethical and do lots of good work for the local community use the Cafe group as a central hub to network the good things they do.
The group is owned and run by a small dedicated and ethically motivated team of staff called Moderators. The moderators all live in the Manchester area, and constantly work hard to improve the group for all its members. They keep spammers and troublemakers away from the group and its members.
The current Moderator Team consists of: Jessicca - The group owner, Caroline, Sharon and Tina - Moderators.
The group was originally part of the Freecycle Network. Due to several years of disagreements between the USA-based organisation and a large number of UK moderators, group owners and senior management [1][2], the Manchester GreenCycle moderators were forced to stop operating the group under the freecycle banner, so moved it to the new Freegle network.
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