Terms like “curb alert” or “first come first serve” are discouraged. “If we can reuse and refurbish and fix and repair and just keep recycling these items, nothing needs to be discarded,” Ms. In the language of Buy Nothing, everything we possess has value, if you can find the person who needs it. Clark, one of the founders of the Buy Nothing Project.
“We have plenty right here within each of our local communities to sustain us,” said Liesl B. Because each group is geographically limited, sometimes encompassing only a few city blocks, and members are allowed to join only a single group, an active group can become a tight-knit trading post where a decorative birthday banner could make the rounds, shared repeatedly for months until it mysteriously disappears, as happened in one Brooklyn group earlier this year. But Buy Nothing turns the act of decluttering into a way to meet and befriend your neighbors. And social media has made it easier for people to find free stuff on sites like Craigslist or through groups like Trash Nothing. Charities like the Salvation Army and Goodwill rely on these kinds of donations. Giving away the stuff that you no longer want is nothing new. The Buy Nothing Project recently developed an app that it will release more widely in a few weeks. Created in 2013 by two women in Bainbridge Island, Wash., it has grown to 6,700 independent Buy Nothing Facebook groups in 44 countries. Members are encouraged to offer their time and talents, too, and loan items that someone may need for just a few hours, like a car or a cake pan. Welcome to the wild world of Buy Nothing, a network of social media groups, mostly on Facebook, where people give and receive things, treating the stuff taking up space in their homes as gifts meant to be shared and treasured. He drank the brine with a friend, using it as a chaser for shots. I was like, ‘No, I just really like pickle juice,’” said Mr. “The doorman thought that I wanted the glass because it was such a large glass. Stahl walked 10 blocks to a stranger’s apartment lobby and retrieved a one-gallon Mt. It turns out, people are willing to give away (and take) just about anything, if you ask. But a few months ago, he decided to ask for some just to see if it was possible, posting a request to an Upper West Side chapter of Buy Nothing, a hyperlocal Facebook group.
David Stahl did not need leftover pickle juice because, really, no one needs someone else’s used brine.
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