Top tips for recycling, freebie and stuff online

• www.ebay.co.uk

What did we do before eBay? As my friend Hannah says, ‘We’ve bought all sorts of things – a fireplace, a violin, a tent, even a fairy castle.’ All the excitement of an auction at bargain prices.

• www.freecycle.org

A Grassroots movement of people who are giving and getting stuff for free in their area. It ideal for people to contact each other with stuff they want to give away for free,  that would otherwise end up in the rubbish heap.

• www.gumtree.com

Gumtree (owned by ebay) is a local London classified ads and community site similar to popular US based craiglist.org . There are items for sale, for free and to swap.