America throws away enough food to feed 1/2 of Africa (83)
Stone me now...........but I'd rather do without than go dumpster digging.....
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Imagine we have enough food to feed 12 billions of people!! Unbelievable that nearly one billion of people are suffering from hunger...
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there are groups that go out every night dumpster diving, they had a special on it a few years back,it is a shame that it goes to waste but then you have to look at legal end, if some one got sick or died from food that was donated that may be bad, the lawyers would be standing in line to sue big corp..
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hopefloats: Stone me now...........but I'd rather do without than go dumpster digging.....
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ooby_dooby: "Pride Goeth Before The Fall."
And dumpster digging is illegal here. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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Freecycle is an excellent alternative - I cant help with the corporate stuff though, they probably make a mint somewhere along the line for how much they waste 
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Its international too 
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This is disgusting stop eating out of dumpsters when u dont have to america already feeds the world if they stopped exporting food 40 countries would starve.
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hopefloats: And dumpster digging is illegal here. Two wrongs don't make a right.
There are many bad laws on the books. It may be illegal (not sure if that's true) but even if it is, it seems to me that the law is wrong, and sending perfectly good food to a landfill is much more wrong than allowing people to salvage this stuff. Even the police dig through peoples garbage looking for evidence. Are they breaking the law? Or are they above the law?The problem as I see it is that whoever is doing the ordering for these establishments are not being diligent enough which is why there is so much waste. Also, the stores should be encouraged to donate their excess inventory to local food banks instead of simply throwing it in the dumpster.
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ooby_dooby: There are many bad laws on the books. It may be illegal (not sure if that's true) but even if it is, it seems to me that the law is wrong, and sending perfectly good food to a landfill is much more wrong than allowing people to salvage this stuff. Even the police dig through peoples garbage looking for evidence. Are they breaking the law? Or are they above the law?
The problem as I see it is that whoever is doing the ordering for these establishments are not being diligent enough which is why there is so much waste. Also, the stores should be encouraged to donate their excess inventory to local food banks instead of simply throwing it in the dumpster.
The problem as I see it is that whoever is doing the ordering for these establishments are not being diligent enough which is why there is so much waste. Also, the stores should be encouraged to donate their excess inventory to local food banks instead of simply throwing it in the dumpster.
I would certainly have no reason to LIE about it Tom. In fact, we now have what is called "convenience centers" placed throughout the county. They are a gated, locked and supervised facility for dumpsters designed ESPECIALLY to keep the diggers out of them. You get fined big time if you're caught dumpster digging. Period.
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hopefloats: Stone me now...........but I'd rather do without than go dumpster digging.....
You have not lived until you go "Dumpster Diving"...
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hopefloats: And dumpster digging is illegal here. Two wrongs don't make a right.
SO is speeding.....
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HJFinAZ: You have not lived until you go "Dumpster Diving"...
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i used to do it a few years back when i was unemployed and refused to go on welfare. it was amazing what the local supermarket threw out.
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HJFinAZ: SO is speeding.....
It certainly is Pat. Haven't had a speeding ticket in years.
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hopefloats: It certainly is Pat. Haven't had a speeding ticket in years.
I have not had one in years either...
Does that mean I do NOT speed??
Possibly it simply means I have not been caught!!
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I am just ROARING with laughter at all of this.
It's amusing that no one has expressed any gratitude for the surplus that is created by the productive capacity of those "nasty corporations." After all, if there were no surplus, no one could "raid the dumpsters" and poach the goods for their own use, could they? As far as the mouse mooching off of the trail mix, what is the difference between the mouse and the bum on the street? The bum at least has the decency to ask first...but be careful what you provide, as I found out once.
One day during the holiday season some years back I was walking down the Mag Mile and there was an Obama supporter there begging for money. I reached into my trench coat and pulled out a banana that I hadn't eaten that morning on my commute and gave it to him. There was another rappercrapper there alongside him that just burst out laughing at his friend's non-cash reward. No gratitude to me for providing the food, nah, I work for a living and probably didn't deserve to keep Chiquita anyway. (Funny how most of the "chiquitas" on this site aren't keepers either...)
Be thankful that there is a surplus to give away. Meanwhile, the socialist economies of Africa can't even feed themselves (neither could the USSR, for that matter) and in those egalitarian paradises, how many dumpsters are there to raid? (One benefit of an empty dumpster is that Obama's relatives in Kenya could sleep in it).
May they rest in peas.
It's amusing that no one has expressed any gratitude for the surplus that is created by the productive capacity of those "nasty corporations." After all, if there were no surplus, no one could "raid the dumpsters" and poach the goods for their own use, could they? As far as the mouse mooching off of the trail mix, what is the difference between the mouse and the bum on the street? The bum at least has the decency to ask first...but be careful what you provide, as I found out once.
One day during the holiday season some years back I was walking down the Mag Mile and there was an Obama supporter there begging for money. I reached into my trench coat and pulled out a banana that I hadn't eaten that morning on my commute and gave it to him. There was another rappercrapper there alongside him that just burst out laughing at his friend's non-cash reward. No gratitude to me for providing the food, nah, I work for a living and probably didn't deserve to keep Chiquita anyway. (Funny how most of the "chiquitas" on this site aren't keepers either...)
Be thankful that there is a surplus to give away. Meanwhile, the socialist economies of Africa can't even feed themselves (neither could the USSR, for that matter) and in those egalitarian paradises, how many dumpsters are there to raid? (One benefit of an empty dumpster is that Obama's relatives in Kenya could sleep in it).
May they rest in peas.
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"Dumpster Diving" should be illegal though..
After all, politicians that make said laws really do what is best for all..
After all, politicians that make said laws really do what is best for all..
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HJFinAZ: I have not had one in years either...
Does that mean I do NOT speed??
Possibly it simply means I have not been caught!!
Does that mean I do NOT speed??
Possibly it simply means I have not been caught!!
I don't know if you speed or not.
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For months I have been eating like a king thanks to my son who daily visits several dumpsters behind high end food stores. Day before yesterday I made myself a sirloin steak that was priced at $7.99/lb. My god it was delicious! Yesterday he brought home a huge box of apples, about 6 boxes of glased oatmeal cookies, 3 pumpkin pies, 6 boxes of sweet peppers (not sure what to do with those). The pumpkin pies were horrible tasting as most commercial pumpkin pies are (can't compare to my home made) but my chickens go nuts over them and it saves me money on chicken feed. I don't even go food shopping anymore except to buy milk and some Sunny Delight. My house is so full of food I'm running out of places to put it all. Crackers, "Cup-of-soup" I have 50 of them, chocolates, Dove, Rochette, about 20 lbs, steaks, pkgs of cooked chicken, about 10 lbs of Kit Kats, whole frozen chickens, boxes of cereal, It's insane.
At least San Francisco is doing something about all this food winding up in landfills.