Would you have a freegan lifestyle?

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Freegans (as per last wife swap). Would you go through dustbins instead of your weekly shop?

no.

Is it not tempting? loads of free stuff?

Fuck no! I'd rather eat dust

Someone started a thread about it last year, said they were going to do it. It's not as crazy as it sounds, so long as you know what to take and what to avoid. I mean, you're not going through your neighbours' dustbins - the idea is to target supermarkets that are throwing out food that is just on/over its sell-by date (and a lot of sell-by dates are overly cautious).

That said, I wouldn't do it because it's illegal and I'm scared of Mr/Ms Plod.

Yep.

Not instead of, but in addition to, for sure.

Here is the thread abut it from a while back.

Didn't she only go through supermarket bins and take food still in date/in packs though? Not quite the same as fishing out old chicken bones from your neighbours....
Still couldn't do it though - think of the smell

Aw stripey, I just went and found that link

No. really.

Must be awfully difficult to plan meals properly whilst standing in a skip.

Thanks. I wouldn't do it but it makes me think about all the stuff we waste in our consumer society. I don't understand why they don't donate the left over food to womens shelters and homeless hostels rather then leave it for landfill. It's stupid.

I wouldn't do it. But I do think it's a disgrace that they're throwing out so much edible food while families are struggling to feed themselves.

not surei would do this- i would be the bugger that gets caught!!LOL
also kiddies in bed when its dark and possible so cant get out.
my ex mil does work in a shop tho and often brings me bits that they can't sell for no sensible reason whatsoever!

If I was so poor I couldn't feed DSs properly then I'd probably consider it.

I really would like to do something to encourage them to give it to the needy not to landfill. There are still kids living in poverty in this country while big business is growing fat with profits! There's no community anymore. It's everyone for themselves (except for you lovely ladies and gents), what a sad world we are passing on to our children.

it is terrible isn't it. the only good reason they don't give it away is because they don't want to stop people from buying them ( in my opinion anyway- please correct me if there is a real reason!)
its an awful society we live in

Not sure - I'd probably feel quite pikey doing it.

I think some sandwich bars in big cities donate leftover food to homeless charities and the like. I wonder if some of the fillings they put together are ideal for people living on the streets though....

I'd rather see decent food sold for 1p than chucked in a bin. It seems such a terrible waste when people are going hungry.

I think it's a tax write off. If they bin it and say it's shop spoils then they get the cost knocked off their tax bill. If they donate it to charity then they have to pay for it. I don't have a problem buying something that's got a bashed box. M&S never seem to have nearly out of date reduced food. What do you think they do with it? Bin or donate?

They donate some, in big cities. In the sticks they bin it.

A bit pikey??

And proud

They give it all to my cousin - she's an M&S store manager & has been feeding her dh, 3 kids, & aged parents more or less exclusively on M&S shop spoils for 20 years...

Haaa. The stuff's really expensive. I can't see why they don't donate their waste given the profits they make out of us.

I did this when I was younger, we called it skipping. I wouldnt do it now though. I remember one time we found a skip load of cheese, and loads of other stuff that was useable.

If you throw something in a skip, it's classed as anyone's, if somethings in a supermarket skip, why does it belong to th supermarket? I don't get it. GIVE IT TO THE HOMELESS AND POOR YOU SELFISH GITS!

i think the reason they dont give it away is because it is out of date food, and although it is very unllikely it could give someone food poisoning and leave the store opened to being sued