first dumpster dive this month

[BizzleLuvin]

I consider myself a Freegan, among other things. Freeganism is basically economic veganism, its a method of challenging capitalism by the efforts to consume and buy as little as possible. Its the idea of reuse, reduce and recycle to the extreme in order to improve the social, economic, animal and environmental state of the world. and this involves, among many many things, living off the 'waste' or byproducts of the system. which involves dumpster diving or urban foraging in order to obtain food, clothing, household item, luxuries and enything else you can think of. so every thursday night a few of my friends and i go diving around the town, hitting up places such as grocery store and thrift store dumpsters. don't be fooled, if you know where to look, you can find 100% suitable, clean and useful items including food.tonight was the first dive i participated in this month. this is what we found:
from 2 grocery stores-
-about 7 pre-made lunch meat sub sandwiches, packaged and unopened. before the expirateion date
-1 unopened package of blackberries with a few bruises
-3 unopened celophaned watermelon halves
-1 sack of red potatoes
-about 3 unopened containers of fresh fried chicken, not yet expired.
-fresh pears, apples, green peppers, oranges, grapfruits
-3 unopened plastic containers of organic spinach
-1 opened package of easter assortment candies
-several packages of basil
-1 unopened package of prepared salad
-2 onions
-1 avocado
-a really cool scarf
from a dollar store-
-several cans of air freshener
-an unopened box of cookies (expired but edible)
-several shelves
-sunglasses
-4 boxes of slighty damaged tissues
-3 boxescrayons
-a picture-frame mirror, still in the wrapper
-easter wrapping paper
-plastic buckets
-tape
from a thrift store-( we thound several dozen of each item but took only a few things, there must have been a whole household full of goodies)
-about 10 belts
-2 pairs of shoes
-an old camera
-a box of Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Magic cards
-several luggage bags
-a few purses
-an air-tight jar
-3 champagne glasses
-2 mugs
- old magazines (for collages)
-sunglasses
-reading lamp
-spoons and knives
-2 unopened candles in jars
-a typewriter (to sell on e-bay)
-a pillowcase
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BizzleLuvin Reviewed by BizzleLuvin on 03-30-2007. first dumpster dive this month I consider myself a Freegan, among other things. Freeganism is basically economic veganism, its a method of challenging capitalism by the efforts to consume and buy as little as possible. Its the idea of reuse, reduce and recycle to the extreme in order to improve the social, economic, animal and environmental state of the world. and this involves, among many many things, living off the 'waste' or byproducts of the system. which involves dumpster diving or urban foraging in order to obtain Rating: 5

[User Name Here]

I admire those kind of things. I'm vegan right now but it would be way hard for me to even try freegan. I've never even heard of it till now.

[BizzleLuvin]

you dont have to be freegan 100% of the time.

[mattks1]

i run a landscaping company and have to put up with that crap all the time. you know that is actually illegal right? the ppl that do it where i see it always make messes for me to clean up. with that being said, i love watermelon.

[BizzleLuvin]

^^^^^WRONG! unless the dumpster is locked or marked 'no trespassing' it is 100% legal. dont' be fooled, its legal, I assure you that i have indeed investigated this.
and a rule of thumb my group goes by is to never leave a mess. what you are dealing with is irresponsible, sloppy scavengers.

[Sweeney]

Eh...

Yeah I'd totally be snappin' pictures if I caught someone in the act of dumpster diving.

lol so true

[ValkyrieAg]

haha this is funny. There was a kid in my school that was really poor. His name was Homer. Him and his family would ride around town in a 80s chrysler minivan with a busted out back window repaired with trashbags and tape. They would make a stop at (i swear) like 35 dumpsters around town picking things out of trash. He wore a dallas cowboys shirt for like 4 years.

[The Figment]

There aint nothing wrong with a good Dumpster dive,Hell I've found some really nice stuff in the trash...

$3640 Cash...Thank you,not so attentive Harvard Student!!
Many sacks of stash,U.of Colo,Boulder,U.C.,Santa Cruz U.of O Eugene.
Bongs,Pipes,Papers ect
1964 Plymouth Fury,Keys,Regie,Title taped to windshield with this note" If you can make it run,it's yours" 35 bucks later I had a running car!!

Thanks All, The Figment,Freegan Extrodanaire!!!!

[The Figment]

^^^^^WRONG! unless the dumpster is locked or marked 'no trespassing' it is 100% legal. dont' be fooled, its legal, I assure you that i have indeed investigated this.
and a rule of thumb my group goes by is to never leave a mess. what you are dealing with is irresponsible, sloppy scavengers.

No Muss,No Fuss!! Good Job!

[The Figment]

One more thing...The Student Moving season is almost apon us,Last two weeks of May,At your nearest State Uni.!!