Sunday dinner from the bin?

I thought this article was amazing!

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,2149141,00.html

I can't believe how much food they got out of the M&S bin!!!  Still, I don't know if I'd be brave enough to try it...

I just read this a few minutes ago while lying in a Floating Island bath! (observer food magazine)

I just read it online, too. I think it's appalling how much food waste there is and think that if it is thrown out, people should have access to it. It doesn't solve the overall problem, though, as these guys point out anyway.

I just read this a few minutes ago while lying in a Floating Island bath! (observer food magazine)

Me too - only mine wasn't Floating Island, it was a Sex Bomb.

I'm saving that to read later on .. in a bubble bath of course. 

I'm saving that to read later on .. in a bubble bath of course. 

There were some really good ideas for quick meals in this month's Observer Food Mag too!

I knew loads of climbers and Boulderites who did this years ago.

They ate some delicious things.

I never went dumpster diving with them, but I have to admire them for it, tbh.

Waste is appalling.

Have definitely eaten at many a freegan dinner party and never fell ill.

Have even been to loads of impromptu parties when a freevan found a bin loaded with wine and/or beer.

I never went dumpster diving with them, but I have to admire them for it, tbh.

Well that's the thing - I admire them for doing it.  Unfortunately, I'm a skeerdy cat & probably woudn't have the courage to do it.  But the photo they showed in the article - that bin was full of perfectly good & well (overly) packaged stuff.  The waste is simply disgusting & like he said - if all that food were tossed into a bin in Africa, that food would be gone out of there pronto!

Well that's the thing - I admire them for doing it.  Unfortunately, I'm a skeerdy cat & probably woudn't have the courage to do it.  But the photo they showed in the article - that bin was full of perfectly good & well (overly) packaged stuff.  The waste is simply disgusting & like he said - if all that food were tossed into a bin in Africa, that food would be gone out of there pronto!

Me too!  I think it is wasteful, but man, I'd be afraid to pull food out of the dumpster.  I heard about this somewhere else, and I was impressed, but I am too afraid to try it.

I thought it an interesting article. I noted that Tescos keeps their bins locked while others throw bleach onto their bins.  How churlish is that? "if we can't make a profit, then no one will get a break?" 

I thought it an interesting article. I noted that Tescos keeps their bins locked while others throw bleach onto their bins.  How churlish is that? "if we can't make a profit, then no one will get a break?" 

And wasteful, and damaging to the environment - more bleach out there, and damaging to any animal or wildlife foraging in the area.

Hate Tesco.

Oh, it wasn't fear that put me off dumpster diving with them, I just never seemed to be able to coordinate it.

I'd happily go into a dumpster, however.  Wouldn't bother me a bit.

I mean, I've eaten plenty of food out of them, why not?

FWIW, I knew many people who ate entirely this way - they never purchased things from shops.

Most were not meat-eaters, so there's no real harm in it. 

Especially in Boulder, where most of the poachers were staff, anyhow.

I don't think it's a matter or not making a profit and therefore not wanting anyone else to benefit.  That article said that the government requires some food items to be made unfit for consumption when they display by date comes.  I think the bleach is used for that purpose.

As for the article, I would never do that but that is a personal choice.

June

i worked in a donut shop while in high school. Every night I would have to throw away hundreds of donuts so that the new batch can come in.

I asked why not give them to the homeless shelter? I was told it was because they complained about not having enough glazed.... 
 I was required to just chuck them. So when a customer came in shortly before or while I was doing it, I'd throw a bunch in for free.

No that I'm sticking up for Tesco but they do have a bargain bin thing where they sell off stuff on its expiry date very cheaply. M&S don't have that,  they just chuck it.

No that I'm sticking up for Tesco but they do have a bargain bin thing where they sell off stuff on its expiry date very cheaply. M&S don't have that,  they just chuck it.

Waitrose do that too. DH sometimes loads up on discounted stuff and we stick it in the freezer.