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Regiving is the practice of giving away one's goods to others. It differs from straightforward giving in that goods are not acquired specifically for donation. Typically, goods which are surplus to requirements, which have been replaced or no longer meet the needs of the owner are offered to others for reuse or recycling. Often the motive is explicitly environmental, with regiving fitting in with the reduce, reuse, recycle approach to conserving resources. For others, and especially in its original contexts, the motives are principally charitable. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Reuse is using an item more than once. ...
Regiving differs from reuse in that reuse is usually in the context of no change of ownership. It differs from recycling in that recycling is most often associated with breaking components down and rebuilding into new products. Freecycle is a common term but the term Freecycle is claimed by The Freecycle Network as a trademark (contentiously) so to use that term may be seen as directly advertising their service rather than focusing on the general problem and solution.[neutrality disputed] Another term is Freesharing, but the weakness in this term is that items are not shared but exchanged.[neutrality disputed] All this is of course moot - what is really important is to reduce landfill.[neutrality disputed] Reuse is using an item more than once. ...
The Freecycle Network aims to divert useable goods from landfill and strengthen local reuse and recycling communities. ...
For other uses, see Freecycle. ...
The FreeSharing Network is an international Regiving network designed to redistrbute unwanted usable items by making them available for free via a network of locally managed internet mailing lists. ...
Albury landfill, Surrey, England A landfill, also known as a dump, is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment. ...
The internet has given new impetus to regiving, and allowed much larger networks to be built at no or minimal cost. This practice originated in 1997 with The Twin Cities Free Market and adopted by many other networks, some of which are listed below.
Several regiving networks have taken the lead in organizing regiving groups around the world. Networks and directories have been set up by several organizations, whilst the actual business of regiving is carried out in tens of thousands of local groups, some independent and others affiliated or controlled by a wider network.
Most regiving networks depend on forums such as Yahoo Groups as their technology base. Such a solution is used with the following benefits: - free, comprehensive and extensible - well understood platform - independent, ie the group can run fully by its local moderators without any external involvement which suits the grassroots nature of regiving.
External Links - Regiving Networks
More groups at Freesharing's "sites like us" page For other uses, see Freecycle. ...
Support Groups & Tools
See also - Give-away shop
- A wide range of general articles on gifting
- Chance Exchange focuses on DVDs and books, uses a token system.
Give-away shops, freeshops, or free stores are second-hand stores that are starting to appear in Northern European towns and cities, especially in the Netherlands and Germany. ...
External links Look up regifting, regiving, re-, give in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. - Altruists International project to promote regiving
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