[Tagging] Public refrigerators

[Tim Magee]

On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 12:30:13 PM EST Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) 
wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 15:47, Markus <selfishseahorse at gmail.com> 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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