Tag:amenity=food_sharing
 amenity = food_sharing
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A shelf/box/fridge where people drop off and pick up food to reduce food waste and in the sense of free sharing. 
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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.
How to map
Place a node 
at the location and tag amenity=food_sharing.
Optional Tags
- name=*
- fridge=*
- microwave=*
- location=*
- operator=*
- website=*
- access=*
- opening_hours=*
- description=*
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.
Similar tags
- amenity=recycling + recycling:food=* – this tag combination has probably also been used for food sharing facilities, however, reusing and recycling (i.e. the conversion of waste materials into new materials and objects) are two different concepts. It also fails to express that you can pick up food there and that you are supposed to provide food that is edible.
- amenity=give_box – a give box: a small facility where people drop off and pick up various types of items in the sense of free sharing and reuse
External links
- Priceless Map A map showing food sharing places. The map is based on OSM data.
- A map showing food sharing locations with additional infos (in German)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_rescue
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_fridge
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodsharing.de, https://foodsharing.de/