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- Freegan: Portmanteau of "free" and "vegan"
- Freecycling: Giving away used items, usually via a mailing list
- Dumpster diving: Obtaining usable items from waste bins
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Freeganism is an anti-consumerism movement. Freegans avoid consuming resources and buying things by finding alternate methods of obtaining food, products, and services. This includes, but is not limited to, the exchange of used items, dumpster diving, composting, recycling, repairing broken items and squatting in abandoned buildings. Some freegans also choose to be unemployed, as they believe working contributes to a damaging capitalist system.
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Dumpster Diving
Supermarkets dispose of a great deal of food that, while expired, is still unspoiled. Freegans believe disposing of edible food, which could go to feed the hungry and is instead going to a landfill, is morally reprehensible.Food Waste in the U.S.
- Over 40% of all food is thrown away
- 1.3 pounds per person: Food thrown away daily
- 12% of all waste is food
Freecycling
Freecycling allows people to offer their used items to others for free, usually via e-mail lists. Participants may only offer items for free, not for sale or trade, and offers are generally restricted to PG items (no items of an adult nature allowed, and no weapons). The main rule of Freecycling lists is "be nice".
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Freeganism Questions
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Could you be a Freegan? 9 AnswersI couldn't be a total Freegan, no. For one thing I have kids, and I want to raise them to have dreams and work hard, and you can really do that best by example... read more -
Did the economical crisis increase or decrease the number of freegans? 1 AnswerIn my opinion, freegans are improved. I saw in the news people having chickens in their back yard in toronto. Aslo, people who have backyard but no time to do t... read more
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One grocery's trash is another dumpster diver's meal. @twyspy dabbles in Freeganism: http://ow.ly/N4US
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@thomasinamiers I was going to help but it was all a bit late notice.Well done for promoting freeganism! How was it in the snow?
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Taking "freeganism" to a whole new level by feeding thousands: http://bit.ly/4Aovro
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RT @hoppy36: I watched a programme where this family was into freeganism. The amount of food supermarkets throw away is amazing.
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RT @prospect_uk See the 5,000 feed 12-2pm, Wed 16th Dec in Trafalgar Sq. And get a free lunch: http://bit.ly/4vmwj6 <—yay public freeganism!
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