Found this interesting 52 minute film on Netflix Instant. I could not believe how much edible food they found in dumpsters.



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I have zero problems diving in a dumpster. I've never gotten food out of there before, but plenty of other stuff. I know we used to throw away lots of edible, good food before at food establishments I've worked at.

Our church group has arranged to pick up the "spoils" from a Trader Joe's in the area once per month (1st Sunday of the month) that we then distribute to people in need. It's amazing how much food we get. We fillup a large pickup and sometimes even need to take a station wagon as well. Apparently other groups go on other days so we're just seeing 1 or 2 days worth of stuff they would have thrown out otherwise.

I know lots of people that eat food they dumpster dive for, or have done it in the past. I don't do the food thing, but I once found a pouch of old American coins, including one my stepdad wanted for years. That was pretty cool. The only thing that makes me think twice is the emergence of bed bugs over the last few years around here. Where it used to be on account of wastefulness, people these days may have tossed some perfectly good looking stuff for a totally valid, buggy reason.

The very last thing I need in my life right now is a bed bug infestation.

I once found a slew of books in a dumpster. Among others it contained a couple of Solzhenitsyn books along with the Epic of Gilgamesh.

My husband gave me an ancient copy of The Gulag Archipelago for Christmas. That's a relevant read in these times.

Slim Pickens here now that some chain from Iowa (koff koff Hy-vee) shut down/bought out the local grocery competition to gain a Monopoly.Did I mention they are spendy as all heck(20% more than the chain they are crushing)?

Hope WM sets their sights on them if they have such
giant sized britches.

Only one non multi state-chain dive-able dumpster remains.
As for the other,...I prefer not being crushed to death in a compactor