Naomi Serviss scored a bookshelf and a guitar stand. Michelle Wolf got three spin bikes ‒ two for a teacher friend's classroom and one for herself. Joni Holderman got a gently used rug that retails ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The “Buy Nothing Project” is helping people turn to their neighbors instead of stores for all sorts of items at no cost.

Buy Nothing reduces waste by keeping items out of landfills. It also builds community. Here are several Angelenos who've passed along treasured items to their neighbors freely using the groups.

For years, the freewheeling virtual community — where neighbors share free goods — has been roiled by battles over the use of its name. A government shutdown made things worse. By Emma Goldberg In San ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In my L.A. Buy Nothing group, I started noticing how some objects, given for free from neighbor to neighbor, carry ...