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 . 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