Dumpster diving
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I've been dumpster diving for a little over 3 years now, all through college, and sometimes for all of my food. It's not because I have to, but because I can and there's tons of great food if you find the right spots! I am always so shocked at how much good food is wasted. |
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I wouldn't be surprised if you don't have any fellow dumpster divers in your town. You take everything! ;-) |
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wpfister wrote:I've been dumpster diving for a little over 3 years now, all through college, and sometimes for all of my food. It's not because I have to, but because I can and there's tons of great food if you find the right spots! I am always so shocked at how much good food is wasted. Do any other climbers out there dumpster dive as well? Dirt bag or not? Ill include some photos of some of my dives for the wary. Just curious to see if other climbers do as well. It seems to me that this could easily correlate with the climber lifestyle, especially the resourceful-dirtbag type. Cheers, WillYou found all that in a dumpster? I would dumpster dive if I found that stuff! Sadly (or happily, actually) the most I have ever seen in a dumpster is a rotten tomato with cockroaches crawling through it. |
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I haven't since high school, but a friend of mine who works at a super market in Idaho has gone years without paying for food. Seriously everything that guy eats is from a dumpster. And most of it is still in sealed jars, cans, or bottles. |
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Have you ever gotten sick? I would not do it in this country. I do shop in good will and second hand gear shops a lot! |
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The major dumpsters are locked up in our area but I have dived and scarfed before. |
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nothing better than some cinnamon pecan loaf fresh from Schat's dumpster |
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Trader Joe's are well known for throwing out food the day BEFORE it expires. Many a good score there, Ezekiel breads, etc. Most major super markets around here compact all their expired food so that people can't dumpsta drive those digs. |
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Morgan Patterson wrote:Trader Joe's are well known for throwing out food the day BEFORE it expires. Many a good score there, Ezekiel breads, etc. Most major super markets around here compact all their expired food so that people can't dumpsta drive those digs.somewhere on the interweb there is a video of folks lining up in Brooklyn NY to get some Trader Joes |
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Gotta love it...we throw food away when people are starving because of regulations. I'm sure most people would rather have a belly ache from something "not as fresh" than a belly ache from lack of food. It's really a shame that food can't be donated. |
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A typical Boulder climbers' date: take her dumpster diving at Wholefoods! Score! |
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I uave a friend in phoenix who was involved with the food bank in town. They threw away so much good food that its just crazy. Tons of it from trader joes. Packaged meat products, tons of bread, packaged salads,, everything that you could imagine. Ate free for a year or more, fridge was jammed, froze a bunch of stuff for later, just crazy. For someone resourceful there is enough food out the for a lifetime! |
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Thanks for replies everyone. Like everyone is saying, trader joes is fantastic, I once got 18 bottles of wine in one night. Other places to check out... Aldi, CVS, Walgreens, etc. everything in that picture is from aldi and CVS. I usually go after 11 when I get off work an never have any issue. I have some friends that go during the day and just ignore the stares haha. |
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saguaro sandy wrote:A typical Boulder climbers' date: take her dumpster diving at Wholefoods! Score!funny! used condoms can come in useful |
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Scott McMahon wrote:Gotta love it...we throw food away when people are starving because of regulations. I'm sure most people would rather have a belly ache from something "not as fresh" than a belly ache from lack of food. It's really a shame that food can't be donated.I'm not a legal expert, but I don't think there is much standing in the way of donating food. What regulations are you referring to? I think most grocery stores throw out edible food because of ignorance or laziness. The Good Samaritan Act of 1996 protects you from liability when donating to non-profit organizations. It protects donors from liability unless they are guilty of gross negligence - like donating food that you know is not edible. Edit: here is info on the Good Samaritan Act feedingamerica.org/get-invo… |
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saguaro sandy wrote:I would check expiration dates very carefully too.[article about the arbitrary nature of expiration dates] npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/… We dumpster dived a fair amount during college (mostly out of boredom) and not once got sick. In addition to grocery stores we hit up bakeries like Einstein's, who threw out their bagels every night. |
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I have done a LOT of volunteering in my life and every food kitchen/shelter I have ever been to has been tremendously overstocked with food. Many businesses donate food and use it as a tax write off, especially smaller bakeries and such - the owner just brings by the day old stuff on their way home every night. |
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I worked a summer job at a bakery once in highschool, and we threw away tons of cake tops (slice them flat so they stack). |
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I spent a summr and fall riding my bike around with a large crate on the luggage rack collecting scrap metal. I had a route to the electrical, HVAC and plumbing shops in the evening and it was a blast. It was a combination bicycle adventure and treasure hunt. |
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One word reason why I won't do it,pride |