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Regiving
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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.
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 has adopted by other sites like ecyclezone.com and efreeko.co.uk.[1]
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.
The concept is now also commonly referred to as free recycling.
- Worldwide Free Share
- Don't Dump That (formerly known as Freecyclers)
- FreeSharing Network
- FreeUsables Network
- The Global Free Economy Project
- free ONTARIO reuse GROUPS
- FridgeMountain.com (UK only - website based)
- Freedomcycle (CT only)
- efreeko - Recycle for free in the UK
- http://www.frn.org.uk - Furniture Re-use Network (UK)