@Adrian, you know how long it's been in there because you case the place. For instance, when I did it I knew which days were veggie throw days and which were meat, etc. I usually showed up right after they had been put in there and rarely went any deeper than the top level. Bacteria from extraneous sources of a few minutes in the dumpster really is inconsequential compared to someone preparing your meal at a restaurant (out of your sight) due to the over-packaging. Ask any corporate food store and there's a difference between a sell by date and a use by date. Meats and dairy are the only real sketchy areas from experience, and you develop a nose for it. It ended up being far too much work on a daily basis for me to maintain with a job and a social life, etc. I have a lot of respect for those who can maintain it and I can appreciate the message.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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