Proposed features/food sharing
| Food Sharing | |
|---|---|
| Proposal status: | Proposed (under way) |
| Proposed by: | ToastHawaii |
| Tagging: | amenity=food_sharing |
| Applies to: |   |
| Definition: | A shelf/box/fridge where people drop off and pick up food to reduce food waste and in the sense of free sharing. |
| Statistics: | |
| Draft started: | 2020-02-26 |
| RFC start: | 2020-02-26 |
Proposal
A food sharing is a place where people drop off and pick up food to reduce food waste and in the sense of free sharing. Usually this place is a small box, shelf or fridge. In most cases these are surplus, leftover or not suitable for sale perishables or products that have exceeded their best-before date but still are well eatable. There are no persons present who directly distribute the food or control who is given or taken food.
Sometimes those are run inside a building, such as the entrance area of a community centre, apartment building or other leisure activity places, and the operator of those facilities is the host.
Links
Photos
foodsharing in Germany
foodsharing in Poland
RestEssBar in Switzerland
foodsharing in Switzerland
Madame Frigo in Switzerland
Translation in other languages and synonyms
- English: Community fridge
- German: Fair-Teiler, Food-saver-Regal und -Kühlschrank, Essenstauschbox
- French: Frigo solidaire, Frigo communautaire
- Latvian: Kopienas skapis
- Poland: lodówka społeczna, jadłodzielnia
Rationale
- foodsharing.de ~755
- OpenStreetMap Overpass ~85
- Les Frigos Solidaires ~30
- Madame Frigo ~25
- RestEssBar ~15
Tagging
This proposal is for a new amenity tag:
amenity=food_sharing
Other existing tags could be used in combination:
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| access=* | Implies access=yes. Optional use access=permissive or access=customers |
| fee=* | Implies fee=no. |
| name=* | Optional. If the facility has a name. |
| description=* | Optional. Add details on how to find easily the facility. |
| fridge=* | Optional. Add fridge=yes if there is a refrigerator at the facility. Use fridge=only if there is only a refrigerator at the facility and no space to place non-refrigerated products. |
| opening_hours=* | Optional. If the facility is in a shop, cafe etc. Can be an important information. |
| network=*, brand=* | Optional. Name of the network or brand of the facility if there is one visible. eg. Madame Frigo, you can also add more information about the network=* or brand=* with tags like network:wikidata=*, network:wikipedia=*, network:website=*, network:facebook=* or brand:wikidata=*, brand:wikipedia=*, brand:website=*, brand:facebook=* eg. network=Foodsharing e.V. + network:wikidata=Q15809935 + network:facebook=https://facebook.com/foodsharing.de |
| operator=* | Optional. Name of the operator, for example a restaurant that provides the facility within its walls. |
| location=*, indoor=* | Optional. Use location=indoor or indoor=yes if the facility is inside a building. |
| website=*, contact:website=* | Optional. The official website of the related facility, if one exists. For a general network facebook website you can use network:website=* or brand:website=* |
| facebook=*, contact:facebook=* | Optional. The official facebook page of the related facility, if one exists. For a general network facebook website you can use network:facebook=* or brand:facebook=* |
| ref=* | Optional. If the facility has a reference number |
| wheelchair=* | Optional. Please add this attribute cause a lot of facility do not have wheelchair access. |
| lit=* | Optional. Add this tag if the facility is lit. |
| covered=* | Optional. Use covered=yes for covered facilities. |
Checkout contact=* for more contact tags. Note: Sometimes there is a contact/channel (website, messenger group) to inform the recipients about new food in the facility.
Related facilities
Usually a food_sharing is about sharing perishables to reduce food waste, many have a fridge. If you found something that has multiple kind of items like nonperishables eg. food cans, personal hygiene products and other items and no fridge to cold food. You can use amenity=give_box to document it.
Others:
- social_facility=food_bank - For a place you can take food, but not give. Usually for homeless or underprivileged.
- social_facility=soup_kitchen - For a place you can take prepared meals, but not give. Usually for homeless or underprivileged.
- amenity=recycling + recycling:green_waste=yes or amenity=recycling + recycling:organic=yes - For a place you can give organic matters/food waste that are recycled into biogas or compost.
Features/Pages affected
- Tag:amenity=recycling - The description «community fridge to help reduce food waste» by recycling:food=* will be changed to «For food sharing to reduce food waste use amenity=food_sharing».
- Tag:amenity=give_box - Update the description to include food and exclude perishable food.
External discussions
Comments
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