The Buy Nothing Project , where members give and get items for free and help others, is growing in popularity.

What happened to the Buy Nothing Project? What started on Facebook evolved into a dysfunctional app and a fractured community, as chronicled by Wired contributor Vauhini Vara.

How do Buy Nothing groups work? Since its founding in the United States in 2013, the Buy Nothing Project has grown quickly. There are 128,000 Buy Nothing communities around the world today.

Borrowing the style of Joan Didion’s “The White Album,” a writer considers an online gifting hub where people try to give away unwanted stuff.

Amid overconsumption and rising costs, parents are taking pride in secondhand shopping, using tools like Buy Nothing groups ...

Mid-summer sales are hot right now, but a buy-nothing craze is spreading like wildfire online. There's so much up for grabs and you won't even spend a dime.

Liesl Clark & Rebecca Rockefeller started the Buy Nothing Project where people give away unwanted possessions instead of trashing them, and take others’ things instead of buying something new.

The online project, in which neighbors give each other things they no longer need, was started by two Bainbridge Island women. It's grown to 7.5 million users.

Months earlier, Buy Nothing Inc. had secured trademarks on the phrases “Buy Nothing” and “Buy Nothing Project” and reported the OG group to Facebook for trademark infringement.

Some local Buy Nothing groups on Facebook have renamed themselves Gifting With Integrity. A rundown of the drama that’s happening in the gifting economy community.

Buy Nothing is an online community where members can ask for what they need or share items they no longer need. The project started on Facebook and was based in Bainbridge Island, Washington, but ...

By Levan Reid Click here for updates on this story HALIFAX, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The Buy Nothing Project, where members give and get items for free and help others, is growing in popularity ...