Free the Food #25 ✔ | One Man's Trash Another Man's Treasure! [2018-01-25]

in #life7 years ago

Activism to End The Systematic Food Waste...

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by @reko
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Steem Power: 12,763.366 | Reputation: 65.626 | Followers: 3406

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Dumpster diving

The practice of foraging in garbage that has been put out on the street in dumpsters, garbage cans, etc., for discarded items that may still be valuable, useful, or fixable.

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Latest Treasures...

DSCN1383.JPG"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."

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"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou."

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Some delcious food I made from dumpstered potatoes, avocados, salad, mushrooms, tomatoes and sugar snaps...

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Dumpstered beer and some high end Gin I bought with Steem from @spirits4you!

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Current Free Food in Stock:

Bread
Coffee
Bananas
Butter
Sugar snaps
Mushrooms
Onion
Tomatoes
Avocados
Carrots
Strawberries
Blueberries
Celery
Clementines
Beetroot
Pomegranate
Chips
Herbs
Beer
Fennel
Head cheese
Chicken
Crème fraîche
Salad
Sun dried tomatoes
Yoghurt
Coleslaw
Cheese
Wheat
Candy
Crispbread
Chestnut cream
Sweet buns
Apples
Crisps
Mozzarella
Flour
Minced meat
Tzatziki
Tacos
Vegan products
Roast beef
Salmon
Onions
Potatoes
Sun dried tomato sauce
Mango/peach sauce
Candle lights
Herbs
Mustard
Herring
Ham
Meatballs
Sausages
Herbs
Lemons
Greens


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Past Treasures:

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Salmon and cucumber is gonna be on the menu here for a while...

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Found some sweet coconut water with peach and mango and also one with coconut water and espresso...nomnom! :)

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Massive amounts of food in stock, this is just a part of it all...

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Introducing Trashwiki, the collaborative world wide guide of creating value from trash! Here you will find plenty of trash-related articles: you can search by specific countries and cities to find the best places in your area!

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Dumpster Diving - Behind the Scenes.

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Was a cold and snowy night here in Gothenburg...

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Lizzy is my loyal partner when diving, always ready to go! :)

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Mission accomplished... ;)

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Why do I Dumpster Dive?

  • Bring awareness on how much food is wasted with our current system!
  • Save the abundance of food that is wasted and share it with my network!
  • Minimizing costs enabling me to Power Up 100%!
  • Great regular exercise and good karma... ;)

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Thursdays Weekly Meet-ups:

We meet up on Thursdays in the middle of the city to share the food we've saved during the week. It's a great way to meet, connect and support each other. We meet between 6-7 pm at the same time as the decentralized farmers market that I've initiated!

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I regularly invite friends over to share the abundance of food, been doing it for many years but now I also of course make sure to introduce them to the Steem blockchain! ;)

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I am new to your campaign but just to open the discussion more here on this blog, what is your main theory of why all of this is being wasted? I can think of a couple different arguments. Some may say it is the greedy capitalists and their disdain for poor people. Others would say that it is government interference and overburdening regulations that force businesses to toss perfectly good products.

I would love to have this discussion with you and all of the followers here.

i can't speak for where @reko is, but in the US a lot of things have what is dubbed "shelf life" so when something is "over a designated time" it has to be thrown out! that means even perfectly good food. and there are regulations and legalities that wont let that food be donated! completely stupid! it is stupid laws- your second point i think.

i think also it is a human fear of real life... as a gardener and homesteader i know apples are not perfect ; food rots and goes to waste! the cycle of life happens very quickly. people try to have the perfect apples (all heavily sprayed) in the stores and the consumer looks at apples and only wants the perfect ones. it comes down to swaying public opinion and also public willingness to buy from local farmers and such as well. the stores carry what people want and what they buy so we are feeding the capitalist machine.

Reko good job! Do you have a many competitors?

Wow.

It is insane exactly how much food goes to the waste from grocers.

You are to be commended!

BLAST OFF BROTHER!!!

JGV

It is truly insane but we'll stop it don't worry!;)

Just the matter of time

Sweet bro, you make me wana put my scuba gear on and go diving myself again! And you got your Gin!

YAY!:D

Dinner looks good. Add some Tim's Cascade potato chips and a ginger beer and you've really got something!

I'm 100% salt free (inorganic) so no can do!;)

Good for you! Probably a lot healthier for you. So many things today are loaded with salt and sugar.

indeed but salt is the biggest problem imo especially as it's in everything and people don't think twice...

this is a lot of food that was been put to waste, we need to find a way to recycle all this food back to the common man who needs it instead of throwing it away , this is a waste and to imagine how many more are been thrown away in the whole of the country

Your steem power is great. Keep it up

My mind has been blown by your posts on this. What crazy "waste"!

I just need to find a dumpster with beer in it.

I appreciate this so much brother. Resteemed

Wow you have my respect for really doing it and diving into the dust.

Nice post thanks for sharing @ reko

If you can find beer that is not skunked reliably in the dumpster more power to you!

This is really correct. Millions of food are thrown every day. Why not give it to the needy and poor instesd of throwing it to waste :'( i really love organization that help feed the hungry. Thanks for this motivational blog to help the needy. :) I Salute you sir.

Proud of you sir! Keep it up!!

Please upvote back my post and follow back me @hery0823

Now that is how you treat your body like a temple! Keep posting I am looking forward to more post!

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Your this activity inspires me a lot
I will try not to waste food further
Thanks for sharing this post

So much goes into waste everyday while so many are going to bed with empty stomach. Thank you for your contribution to humanity.

That's impressive. Sad to think how much we contribute in taxes to food programs that don't end up supplying the quality you presented here. I don't fault anyone for using the assistance that's available but there should be a better way to help those in need and prevent that kind of waste. As an Ebayer, I ran across a channel where a couple make 6 figures a year, selling dumpstered merchandise, from electronics to furniture. @markrmorrisjr

This is incredible! Why is the food thrown away? Past the expiration date?

😲 Wow! Stunning. You are definitely achieving the goals laid out in the "Why I Dumpster Dive" section. You and those who network and support you are awesome! Lizzy is precious! 💛 Thank you on behalf of humanity. Take care and keep up the good work!
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This why I love Steemit keep the good man bless the people yours will come in abundance keep up the good work !

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That is a lot of food that is being wasted.

I'm starting to think that if we'd all Dumpster dive and then send the food to people who have no food/not enough food, then the 'food shortage' problem would be solved. Anyways, great post again!

Mohon pantau anda di postingan saya ya mas.. Saya sudah votes punya and 😊terimakasih

hey bro... what´s up ... I hope you did not spoil the good gin with the beer, heh? How do you like it? I hope you enjoyed what I´ve sent you :)

Cheers, or as we say over here PROST :)

Hey Nice post !! I followed you and would appreciate a follow back. I'm looking forward to see more posts! Have a great day and have fun.

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@reko ,food waste has got to stop!thanks

It is so overwhelming and you might get sick eating all those foods.

Wow the food looks good delicious and yummy....thanks for sharing

Wow!! This is really a nice one. Am really inspired by your creative and informative post i just started following you and am willing to learn from you thank you very much!!!!!!!!

Carry on man, this world need lots of people like u. Specially in the poor countries. May Allah bless you.

Hi Reko,
just came across your article and want to say it's great what you are doing. In germany my girlfriend and I participate on a project called "foodsharing". It got quite big over the last few years. There we have partnerships with all kinds of supermarkets and the foodsavers come to them and get the food, what would be trashed but is still viable. Then you can take it for yourself or share it with others on the network. Of course government wasn't so fond of it as it was growing but it works.

Go on with it. Too much food is wasted in our society.

you are doing very well f you do this.

Nice writing up

Dude!! Incredible hauls!!!

This is awesome! Just started following you. We have a lot in common it appears... When I lived in a city (now I live rurally and there are no food dumpsters lol, just the garden!), it was soo good to go find some good finds and share them with friends...

I am super impressed with your hauls, tho! I'm gonna need to look into this gentle gin bought with steem, too! gin is my favorite liquor.. is it tasty? :) <3

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