Give stuff away free - got junk you'd like to get rid of? Don't send it to the tip or throw it away. Give your old junk a new home by advertising it on your local freecycle group.
People will want your old stuff! Believe us! We belong to our local group and people love other people's junk!
You'll find yourself inundated with email requests when you advertise something - so you might want to set up a special email address or filter it to a special box.
Get free stuff - people post what they're getting rid of and you can email and ask for it.
To be fair when you offer stuff leave it 24 hours and then randomly pick somoene - don't just give stuff to the first person to reply as some people "hog" the system which isn't fair!
Join the group and start giving and getting...
If there isn't a group for your area, join the nearest one until there's enough interest, then you can branch out with a new group.