Dumpster Diving

God, me da and his mate made us pull over years ago driving through some fancy estate because they spotted a door in a skip they wanted, I'm still scarred for life by it...


the fact that there was a pair of them in it makes it better in hindsight, but sweet jesus at the time I was hoping he'd collapse or something just to stop it happening..

I've been muff diving

Pal wrote: »

I've been muff diving

In Donegal?

whiteonion wrote: »

I see nothing wrong with salvaging perfectly edible food. People throw away too much. I am disgusted by this rampant consumerism.

There may be perfectly good stuff in it.
But there may be also lots of not perfectly good stuff dripping onto it.
I see you are also a fan of eating raw meat, these two enterprises will not work well together

bloody insurance :mad::mad::mad:

well ive gone skip dipping - you know when you see a skip with perfectly good or restoreable furniture scraps etc. last year i saw a neighbour with a skip - they were moving out so there was some major booty - but i DID take a peek when the estate was quiet. got a perfectly useable mop bucket. harhar. some football trading cards i passed on to someone else etc.

ive never been in a bin though. used to give out when my dad went through the crap i threw out of my room - in case there was anything he wanted in it - im sure he wanted an empty can of deoderant really badly(!) lol.

but as for full on bin pillaging - friend of mine from nz told me he did this saying the food was sometime good - not stuff that touched the sides of the bin, or veg etc. or food from the base of the bin. says theres often stuff thron out cos its only a few weeks past its use bu date (not fresh stuff - things like closed cereal boxes) and tins of food. i doubt very much he meant he went through his neighbours garbage. seemed to go to the supermarkets (snook in though) or in community bin areas and apartment bins (you know the big metal rolling bins)
said outback in business parks and offices could be a goldmine for copy paper thrown out - it was only partially printed on - he gave it to his nephew. sometimes picked up phones or parts for things etc
i can see the value but i still wouldnt hop in a bin for weetabix - unless i had to

freeganism is the (ghey/trendy) name for this. Its a good idea although almost all fresh produce is off limits, hence you become a default vegan. Some supermarkets spray their dumpsters with dye/bleach to ward off fregans, which is sad cause its not like they are using the stuff. If you don't want to go to the bother of dumpster diving then you need to go to the supermarkets in the last hour or so each evening that they are open and look for the good marked down because they are damaged, near their sell by date, etc. freeganism for people who don't like to get dirty!