Dumpster diving for breakfast (items, old, money, market)
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Some may go "ewww" at the very thought of food from the trash but I assure all that with the packaging used on foods today the dumpster is cleaner than the truck that hauled the food in the first place.
So when you come home with your prize from the dumpster wash the outside of the package, look for tears,holes or other breaches in the packaging if good to go enjoy for free.
I used to live near a pizza hut, and almost always had pizza for breakfast Sunday morning. There would be a pizza in their dumpster, either whole or with one slice missing. Somebody would order one and send it back with the wrong topping, or one that couldn't be delivered for some reason. Usually, there was one in there, and it was cool enough overnight that toppings didn't spoil. There would always also be a plastic bag with about ten pounds of pizza dough in it, they would make too much, and just throw the surplus away.
Kinda sad really. When that fresh pizza dough could be given to a homeless shelter and made into bread sticks or whatever - Hey it's food and many of them - on a good day - eat one meal.
Some may go "ewww" at the very thought of food from the trash but I assure all that with the packaging used on foods today the dumpster is cleaner than the truck that hauled the food in the first place.
So when you come home with your prize from the dumpster wash the outside of the package, look for tears,holes or other breaches in the packaging if good to go enjoy for free.
I am surprised the dumpster divers didn't seem concerned about bacteria, insects and rodents getting into the food? Who knows how many hours it spent in the dumpster?
What would be really nice, is if instead of throwing edible food into the dumpster, there should be a service that regularly picks up discarded food from places like Trader Joe, and brings them to homeless shelters and needy families. This service should just leave an empty large plastic bin (or even a large refrigerated container) each time it makes a pickup, and Trader Joe's, etc., could fill it with discarded food throughout the day.
The food should then be visually inspected by this pickup service for obvious contamination (mold, etc) prior to distributing it to homeless shelters.
Things that are just slightly past their expiration dates are still edible, so there is no need for this food to be put into the trash.
I am surprised the dumpster divers didn't seem concerned about bacteria, insects and rodents getting into the food? Who knows how many hours it spent in the dumpster?
What would be really nice, is if instead of throwing edible food into the dumpster, there should be a service that regularly picks up discarded food from places like Trader Joe, and brings them to homeless shelters and needy families. This service should just leave an empty large plastic bin (or even a large refrigerated container) each time it makes a pickup, and Trader Joe's, etc., could fill it with discarded food throughout the day.
The food should then be visually inspected by this pickup service for obvious contamination (mold, etc) prior to distributing it to homeless shelters.
Things that are just slightly past their expiration dates are still edible, so there is no need for this food to be put into the trash.
Seems like a simple solution to me.
in some places, this does happen, I worked for a grocery warehouse, that would give to the local soup kitchens and charities close dated product- also food trade show items-they cleaned up bigtime!!!
On a grocery store level, the issue of liability is a concern-it's a business, they are anal about it, and why wouldnt they be?? they have folks in their dumpsters,
I know of some stores that would give the waste and fat of the meat department out for bear or coyote bait- the stores didnt have to do it-were trying to be decent, and what happens???? the guy that picked up the bear bait-his dogs got into it, and two of them died-remember the guy asked for anything that smelled, which usually means spoiled.
so, the guy is pissed, his dogs died....what do you suppose he did??
yes, he tried sueing the store
all it takes is stuff like this to happen once (and this was dogs) and the stores say "never again"
stores are being sue'd all the time-for shopping carts scratching cars in the parking lots, to slip and falls inside the store- so they try to minimize any exposure to liability
Some may go "ewww" at the very thought of food from the trash but I assure all that with the packaging used on foods today the dumpster is cleaner than the truck that hauled the food in the first place.
So when you come home with your prize from the dumpster wash the outside of the package, look for tears,holes or other breaches in the packaging if good to go enjoy for free.
What would be really nice, is if instead of throwing edible food into the dumpster, there should be a service that regularly picks up discarded food from places like Trader Joe, and brings them to homeless shelters and needy families.
Who's going to do it? Nothing will ever happen in the USA unless there is an entrepreneur who thinks money can be made doing it. Which is why everyone is scared s***less about where America is going. It's the curse on the flip side of the free market, and it is eating American society like a cancer.
When something does emerge that appears to violate that principle, forums fill up with people who scream bloody murder that their hard-earned money is being stolen by vicious liberals to give it to drug-crazed baby-popping welfare queens. And the agency (like Acorn or Planned Parenthood) gets brutally crushed by a smear campaign.
Volunteer or charitable organizations are not going to do it. In addition to the real costs incurred, they would be exposing themselves to litigation if they distribute something that makes someone's stomach a little queasy.
Who's going to do it? Nothing will ever happen in the USA unless there is an entrepreneur who thinks money can be made doing it. Which is why everyone is scared s***less about where America is going. It's the curse on the flip side of the free market, and it is eating American society like a cancer.
When something does emerge that appears to violate that principle, forums fill up with people who scream bloody murder that their hard-earned money is being stolen by vicious liberals to give it to drug-crazed baby-popping welfare queens. And the agency (like Acorn or Planned Parenthood) gets brutally crushed by a smear campaign.
Volunteer or charitable organizations are not going to do it. In addition to the real costs incurred, they would be exposing themselves to litigation if they distribute something that makes someone's stomach a little queasy.
No, Clinton signed the "good Samaritan act" so they can't be sued for donating the food.
the problem is stores don't want to pay for the labor or gas to distribute the food. It's easier and cheaper for them to throw it out.
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