Preserving foodstuffs

Often it’s not only the fate of a single tomate to end up in a dumpster but many. The same picture you see with any other vegetable or fruit sort and bread. Me, as a dumpster diver have been standing too often in front of

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Unsuccessful dumpster diving

Just in the beginning a dumpster diver will not always have luck and find the things he’s searching for. This is totally normal, because often the beginner don’t where really good dumster stands. Of course he should not be put off, and sometimes that’s not

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Letter to the editor from an activist

Since meantime 4 years i try to save my environment as good as i can! I’m not an activist of PeTA or member of greenpeace. I also don’t help at building fence to protect frogs or spending money to environment projects. No! I’ve got my

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Trade quality vs. food quality

To get potatoes, tomatoes or cucumbers, you only have to go to the supermarkten round the corner. There you find all stuff you need to cook a tasty meal, abounding. Of course we always want fresh goods, but just as important as the freshness is

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Judgement: community service for dumpster diver

An example from Germany. The mostly lawsuites agains dumpster divers will be stopped, because theft of “goods with low or nonexistent merchandise value” after §248 of the criminal code will only be followed aupon request. However at the 13 october 2010, Christof N. (24) and

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Dumpster diving in winter

or dumpster divers every season have it’s pros and cons. In summer you don’t need much equipment and you can already go dumpster diving only with an packback and breezy clothing. Of course in winter this is not possible. However also the winter has it’s

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The leftovers of a catering

As a skilled cook i have prepared several caterings and was present at issue. The caterings was both buffet and direct arrangement on plates. A catering contains often several cold and hot appetisers, soups, several main courses, different side dishes and dessert. As a restaurant

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Dumpster diving agains wold hunger

Many people still can’t unterstand neither accept that oodles of foodstuffs, which are still eatable, land in the dumpster. For some time, the agriculture-department of USA make a guess, that over 4 milion people could be feed – with only 5% the foodstuffs, thrown away.

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Poisoned foodstuffs on purpose

In sweden, an the verge of Stockholm, the staff of a lidl-store had poisoned foodstuffs on purpose. With this action they would prohibit that homeless people “steal” the foodstuff who were expired and thrown away in the dumpster. In graciously manner they put a sign

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Do you have to be ashamend to dumpster diving?

This question is absolutely qualified, however there are people, who commited approching to this thing and showing thereby their protest. On the other hand there are people who are in a struggle with theirselfes for a long time, doing it really and search through their

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Dumpster Diving

Dumpster diving is the practice of sifting through commercial or residential waste to find items that have been discarded by their owners.