How To Sign Up

To Join My Freecycle (The global Freecycle site)

  1. Go to http://my.freecycle.org and click on sign up
  2. Fill in the username/email boxes, make sure you tick the terms of service box. Then click the 'Sign up' box.
  3. The next screen will appear, telling you your account has been created and to go check your email. Make sure you check the email address you specified when you joined.
  4. You will receive a mail with your username and a temporary password.
  5. Go back to the Freecycle page and click log in on the top right.
  6. Fill in username and temporary password and click log in
  7. The first page you see will prompt you to change your temporary password to a new one. Click Save new password. 

To Join your local Group (Your little corner)

  1. Click the 'My Groups' Tab, type in the name of the group you wish to join. Click on 'Find Group'.
  2. When the groupname appears, click on 'Join this group' on the far right.
  3. If the group is set to approve new members you will not be automatically added until the Moderators approve you. Once you are added to the group, it will appear in the drop-down list under the 'My Groups' link at the top right. 

How do I find my local group?

There are two ways to find your local group.

1. You can browse UK groups here.
2. You can search for your nearest Freecycle (or other recycling group) here (this site is not affiliated with Freecycle).

So first, find which group is local to you.

How do I join my local group?

Ok, now you know which group you want to join. How do you do it?

There are three different ways of joining groups, so first of all you need to decide which is suitable for you.

1. You can join groups by email. This is easy to do, but you get fewer features and less control over your membership.
2. Or you can join groups via Yahoo. This requires a Yahoo ID, so you'll need to create one if you don't have one. Then you can sign up and look at posts on the web.
3. If your group uses the new website, you can join via My Freecycle.

Decide which of these you want to do, and then click

1. here to join by email, or
2. here to join via Yahoo, or
3. here to join via My Freecycle.

If you're really not sure which to do, join via Yahoo.