'Freegans' Take Green to Extreme - New York Post

Some New York City dwellers, who aren't homeless, show how they sift through garbage for food to avoid consumerism. http://video.nypost.com

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[bcubed72]

0:22 Wow has Shaun White fallen on hard times!

[drugrocker]

these people are immediately more interesting than the majority of people you see droning around supermarkets. bright eyed enthusiastic and environmentally aware. yo!!

[usaf317]

@drugrocker not everyone has the abilty to grow there own food...lack of space or even knowledge. make your own house? ..out of tin and old tires? or build a home out of lumber? i bought a small home so that i can add on over time. i will do the work myself...but i am not living in some structure made of trash. this is what i mean...these freegans, vegans are just crazy people. i guess shouldnt hunt anymore either huh

[drugrocker]

@usaf317 i don't think we are all going to like like this. i never suggested that. i think we should waste less and grow our own food and make our own houses etc. if that sounds crazy then sign me up for the loony bin ;-)

[usaf317]

@drugrocker well, to pick stuff from trash cans and eat it is not safe. i think stores and resaurants should make an effort not to just toss perfectly good food into the trash. if you think we are all going to live like this you are nuts. if you want to eat stuff that rats and mice have run across, pissed on and nibbled at the go ahead. you will get sick from it sooner or later. ..these people are freeloaders

[drugrocker]

@usaf317 i grow most of my own food too, and compost etc. the one or two people i know that get food from skips also grow food, alot, organically. as for the sickness and vulture thing see my later comment. i guess we just have different views and i am fine with that.

[drugrocker]

this blatantly makes so much sense, as a statement against waste, and for recycling etc. all the comments about it being dangerous and morally wrong are hillarious. i've gotten sick from shop bought food but never from skipped stuff. and if you call the freegans vultures then the jokes on you - vultures form part of an balanced ecosystem. and real vultures do not destroy the planet. only humans have "evolved" to that level

[usaf317]

@ZarinsKrisjanis well you do that......good for you! if you want to live the life of a free loading scavenger go ahead.

[ZarinsKrisjanis]

@usaf317 I am going to live in a garage sir. Rain water at my area averages at 40l/day enough for washing hands, no central heating is needed because the area is 20 m2. +a public shower/laundry in 150m. Overall cost - at 30$/month. I bet I can find enough food to eat and stuff to sell to get at least 30$/month. Now I have no need for my University Engineering diploma.

[usaf317]

@ZarinsKrisjanis ya things i dont need like a house with running water and central heat. morons

[usaf317]

@drugrocker ya..eating food thats in the garbage...just great....wait until the get sick. most of my food comes from my garden....the scraps i compost and then till into the ground. i dont see any reason to dig in the garbage....these people are human vultures

[skeletorphd]

Let's be honest, its legal issues that stop people from consuming things that are consumable.

It would make more sense for food to be given to those who would need it like the homeless before its just thrown out.