On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 12:30:13 PM EST Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 15:47, Markus <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've noticed that recycling:food= has been added [1] to > > amenity=recycling wiki page with the meaning "community fridge [2] to > > help reduce food waste". > > > > [1]: > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:amenity%3Drecycling&; > > diff=1908674&oldid=1906084 [2]: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_fridge > > > > In my opinion, it's not a good idea to tag community fridges (public > > refrigerators) amenity=recycling, because containers for recycling or > > reuse are only for depositing and not for picking up. What if there > > are also containers where food can only be deposited, but not picked > > up (similar to containers for clothing donations)? We couldn't tell > > them apart any more. > > > > As we already use amenity=public_bookcase and amenity=give_box for two > > very similar facilities, it seems better to use something like > > amenity=public_refrigerator or amenity=community_fridge. > > I agree with your thoughts re not using amenity=recycling. I've tagged > a couple of Community Fridges near me as > > amenity=social_facility + social_facility=community_fridge > > as this tagging (although not documented anywhere) mirrors that for > Clothing Banks, Food Banks and Soup Kitchens, which are listed at > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:social facility , and seem to > be related sorts of things. (Though I'm not sure how much these > community fridges are designed to provide useful items for those in > need, versus just help reduce waste versus. The balance is probably > slightly different for each implementation.) > > Robert.
I would agree with tagging as amenity=social_facility rather than amenity=public_fridge because I would prefer not to add to many more amenity types. Rather I would want to subclass existing amenity types. -Tim
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