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freegans
August 7, 2010 at 5:02 am
Tried it? Disgusted by it? Have opinions on it? I'm curious as to this communities reaction to it. Personally I've done it in the past for a short stint when I was much younger than I am now and we didn't call ourselves freegans, but dumpster divers and consumer activists.
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RE: freegans
August 7, 2010 at 7:15 am
A person who eats whatever they can find in bins, usually those of supermarkets. It's usually politically motivated (i.e., they have money, they just don't want to give it to corporations).
I'd prefer to work and buy my food myself; it's a lot healthier than eating out of the trash.
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RE: freegans
August 7, 2010 at 7:49 am
freegans aren't just dumpster divers, it's about anti-consumerism, reducing your carbon footprint and teaching people about the huge amount of usefull waste they simply trash while other starve and have no place to live or things to own.
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RE: freegans
August 7, 2010 at 8:02 am
IMHO there are far better ways to do that than risking your life eating out of the garbage. If they were truly anti-consumerism, why don't they grow their own food? I'm sure part of the movement are honest and really want to make a difference, but at least a small percentage just want a free meal.
Either way, I disagree with the ways they go about doing it. Appealing to supermarkets to donate things thrown away to homeless shelters would be a good start.
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RE: freegans
August 7, 2010 at 10:03 am
When I was a kid i would go through all the dumpsters in our apartment complex and pull out all the recyclables and turn them in, made decent money for a kid =b
I appreciate what Freegans do, just not for me.
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RE: freegans
August 7, 2010 at 10:46 am
I agree with Adrian, in that I'd prefer to work for and buy food myself. There are other ways to reduce your footprint and be "green."
Besides, eating from a dumpster is just gross, no matter how you look at it.
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