Thu May 07, 2009 10:53 am
Urban_Foragers Dumpster Dive Finds
Ok, I have stated in several posts that I am a dumpster diver (sometimes refered to as a freegan). I thought that I would make a thread to tell people what I find on my excursions. I am doing this not to brag but to raise awareness of the wastefulness of our societies. No matter what country you live in there are always going to be things that get thrown away before their usefulness is gone my goal is to show some of that in my dumpster dive finds.
Let it be known now that I dive to combat the excessive waste created at the commercial level. The waste that our consumerism produces. And as a result I only Dive in Retail Dumpsters although there are a ton of things to be found in apt dumpsters as well.
In the past I have found-- Dog kennels, a lamp, a fountain, patio furniture, coffee cups, a cd radio, a set of computer speakers, a keyboard for a computer, paper, printing labels, and a coffee maker... This of course is a short list of the non edibles that I have found. All of these things were ***BRAND NEW***.
Edibles that I have found include $300+ in designer Chocolates (lindt, girradelli) 3 bottles of wine (drank one, it was really good) lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, bagels, doughnuts, soda, bread, flowers, potatoes, celery, apples, oranges, pears, cheese, eggplant, eggs, meat (though I never bring it home much of it is still very good). And the list goes on.
Last night I went out and found a doggy outfit (why people dress their dogs in hats and stuff is beyond me... to each their own.) a set of Ipod head phones, 20+ ten packs of Sugar Babies candy 8 4 packs of tic-tac style breath mints a can of fancy feast cat food and energy tea. It really was a lousy night. That and I was avoiding police all night because I have expired tags on my car. I just cant afford to pay the taxes and get the new tags.. (Dumpster Diving isn't illegal so I'm not worried about them for that. Infact I will share what I find with them. LOL)
So as I said I will post a sampling of the things I find. I hope you enjoy reading it and I hope it makes you think about the waste we create when we don't consume. Where does it end? How do we stop it? I don't know but as long as retail stores are throwing away perfectly good food or products I will be digging it out and using it.
Please feel free to comment and ask questions if you have them.
Let it be known now that I dive to combat the excessive waste created at the commercial level. The waste that our consumerism produces. And as a result I only Dive in Retail Dumpsters although there are a ton of things to be found in apt dumpsters as well.
In the past I have found-- Dog kennels, a lamp, a fountain, patio furniture, coffee cups, a cd radio, a set of computer speakers, a keyboard for a computer, paper, printing labels, and a coffee maker... This of course is a short list of the non edibles that I have found. All of these things were ***BRAND NEW***.
Edibles that I have found include $300+ in designer Chocolates (lindt, girradelli) 3 bottles of wine (drank one, it was really good) lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, bagels, doughnuts, soda, bread, flowers, potatoes, celery, apples, oranges, pears, cheese, eggplant, eggs, meat (though I never bring it home much of it is still very good). And the list goes on.
Last night I went out and found a doggy outfit (why people dress their dogs in hats and stuff is beyond me... to each their own.) a set of Ipod head phones, 20+ ten packs of Sugar Babies candy 8 4 packs of tic-tac style breath mints a can of fancy feast cat food and energy tea. It really was a lousy night. That and I was avoiding police all night because I have expired tags on my car. I just cant afford to pay the taxes and get the new tags.. (Dumpster Diving isn't illegal so I'm not worried about them for that. Infact I will share what I find with them. LOL)
So as I said I will post a sampling of the things I find. I hope you enjoy reading it and I hope it makes you think about the waste we create when we don't consume. Where does it end? How do we stop it? I don't know but as long as retail stores are throwing away perfectly good food or products I will be digging it out and using it.
Please feel free to comment and ask questions if you have them.
