✅ What you can list on Olio

🥦 Free food

It’s allowed to share your own surplus food but please follow these rules:

Chilled and frozen food: Never list or share these items after their date mark, regardless of the type of date mark.
Ambient / shelf stable food: You can list and share these items after their date mark if they still look and smell fine, except if the date mark is a “Use By” date or similar.
Make sure the date mark is clearly visible in your listing photos so others can make an informed decision.
Allergens
- It’s vital that people with allergies can make safe choices.
  If someone asks you about allergens in your listing, please refer to the information on the packaging. If you’re unsure, let them know rather than guessing.
Temperature Control
- Chilled food : Keep chilled at or below 4°C until you share it.
- Frozen food : Keep frozen at or below -18°C until you share it.

🛼 Free Non Food

You can give, lend or sell your stuff but, please, put it in the correct section - don’t sell stuff in the free part 🤬. There are guidelines but, generally speaking, if you think someone can put it to good use then it’s okay to list on Olio.

Used cosmetics (within date)
Pet food
Tobacco/Cigarettes- It’s your responsibility to make sure requesters are at least 21. Never for sale!
Non-drug medical items (face masks, lancets, pregnancy tests, first aid kits, etc.) - only if new/sealed.

❌ What you cannot list on Olio

All sections:

💊 All medicines including “over-the-counter”, prescription or pharmacy-approved medication, expired non-drug medical items

🍬Chewing gum

💰 Stolen items

🧺 Items that other people left on the street (Unless you take them home and coordinate their collection)

📫 Anything requiring postage

📅 Food that is past its use-by date

❄️Chilled and frozen food after their date mark (regardless of the type of date mark).

👓 Prescription glasses or contact lenses

🔮 Services (tutor, dog walker, hairdresser, etc.)

🪙 Money

©️ Fake or counterfeit goods

📢 Recalled products

💸 Coupons, vouchers, discount codes

🎟️ Tickets and experiences

🚓 Illegal drugs (see here)

🚭 Vapes and vape liquids (with or without nicotine)

☢️ Weapons & controlled items (including, but not limited to knives - even kitchen knives, solvents, weapons, or fireworks)

💽 Digital content (PDF files, music, games, videos, etc.)

📅 Subscriptions

💄 Homemade cosmetics

🧪️ Homemade detergents and chemicals

🦌 Animals, pets, or animal parts (leather is OK)

🔞 Violent or graphic content, sexually explicit content (nude and graphic pictures are not allowed, but it's fine to share condoms, sex toys, art, etc.)

🚫 Banned literature/ artefacts (ivory items, nazi memorabilia, etc.)