About us

ReuseMoose is created by Tom and Vincent. We are two Melbourne (Australia) based IT guys who are passionate about creating easy to use software and services. Call us geeks, call us whatever you want…

In 2009 we jumped on the recycling bandwagon after realising that surely there are people who could still use the stuff we were throwing away. Freecycle seemed like the answer and we tried to signup, one of us succeeded. Many frustrating months later we gave up on Freecycle and started looking for a better platform. We couldn’t find one so decided to build one. A few weeks later the first version of ReuseMoose was born.

We told some friends about it, they told their friends etc… Since then ReuseMoose has been steadily growing and we have spent every spare moment developing more and more features.

Happy Recycling,

Tom and Vincent

  • Guest

    Hi, i’ve tried the site, and will continue to give it a go, it seems some of the community seem to be all take and no give. Do you think it is right to only give my stuff to respondandts who have already given something on the site? .

    • Anonymous

      Hi John,

      Thanks very much for trying ReuseMoose. We are aware of the fact that some people that look for free stuff haven’t yet given something. With ReuseMoose we have taken the approach that it is up to you, the giver, to decide who to give to. You can see on the user’s profile what their previous recycling activity has been.

      We have taken the approach that in order for an item to change hands, there needs to be a giver and a taker, so there is no process to go through to get started. There will always be people that only ever take and this is so even on Freecycle, where they have moderators to make sure there aren’t. Hopefully ReuseMoose provides you with enough information to be able to decide whether you want to give your item.

      On a positive note, we have seen people who at first just took items, who have now also started to listed stuff, maybe just because they had a good experience.

      By the way, if at any time you have a bad experience with a user, please tell us in private and we’ll deal with the issue for you.

      Once again thanks for using the site, we very much appreciate your involvement!

      Thanks,
      Vincent

      • Duncan

        Do you think a rating system (similar to eBay) will influence this?

        Duncan

        • Anonymous

          In order to rate someone there always has to be a transaction first, so ratings wouldn’t help in that instance. So we advise all users to always take care during an exchange.

          The best thing to do is, have a look at the user’s recycling profile, if they have used ReuseMoose before, chances are likely they are a person with good intentions. If we received a genuine complaint about that user we would probably have blocked them already.