people who want them. It is a good idea because it recycles useful things and helps people to give away things that they do not want. How big is Freecycle? It is extraordinarily large. It started in 2003 and there are now groups in more than 50 countries ll und the world, from Finland to Argentina, from hiopia to Venezuela, from Korea to Kuwat Look on the Internet to find out if your country has Freecycle groups. Businesses are beginning to have new ideas as well. Factories are making more and more things from recycled materials. They are also making new kinds of supermarket bags which are not made of plastic. They are made of natural materials, which look like plastic but are better for the Earth The big supermarkets are also starting to change their ideas In the UK in 2005 the thirteen biggest supermarkets and shops made a promise. They said that in the next five years they will stop using so much packaging. Will they keep their promise? Perhaps they will because the government also made a new law. If businesses use too much packaging, they will have to pay a lot of money.