Guess I learned a new term today called Freeganism. Essentially, it is people who try to live life off of mostly resources and materials that other people discard that could still be used. I guess an example would be store milk that is one day past its expiration date or a restaurant throwing out food because it wasn’t cooked perfectly.
While it seems very political in many ways, it sure brings up a lot of interesting views when it comes to things that people throw away. For things like expired food I would be inclined to throw it away for health reasons. Although, if you have expired food in the first place I would say that should mean you have to rethink your shopping habits where you are buying more than you need. In turn, it’s a waste of money.
This is definitely a very anti-consumer type of lifestyle which I guess is another way to think about it. As extreme as it may be, financially I suppose you can learn a lot about not wasting things to help you save money.
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