It’s Fun to Know: Freegans

By Early To Rise | Thu, May 8, 2008 |

  

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Freeganism is a relatively new (or at least newly named) subculture whose adherents try not to buy anything. They gather furniture from the side of the road, and scour dumpsters behind big box retailers for discarded merchandise. They also gather food, which they insist is perfectly edible, from garbage bins. Of course, they do have standards. They avoid perishable foods and don’t "freecycle" cooking oil.

For a list of prime dumpster-diving locations, go to freegan.info.

(Source: CNN)

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