Freecycle.org is an online community of people around the world that trade unwanted items for free. The way it works is that you offer up items you want to get rid of and if somebody in the community is interested they take the items off your hands for you. Simple yet elegant! What a great way to get rid of junk and get free stuff. Here is the schpeal from their website:

The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It’s a grassroots movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Each local group is run by a local volunteer moderator (them’s good people). Membership is free.

So start Freecycling today!