Urban Dictionary defines the term Freegan as "Somebody who abstains from contributing to the economy and salvages society's wasted food and resources rather than purchase more themselves". What makes a freegan different than your typical dumpster diver is they get food from dupsters.
So my roomies and I went dumpster diving again this week and got some pretty good stuff: some curtains, a bookshelf, bed risers, decorative baskets, school supplies...and then we found food. It was the first time any of us had taken food from a dumpster, but all this food was unopened and in at least one or two closed packages. We got things like girl scout cookies, oreos, animal crackers, canned peaches, diet dr pepper's, and more. Everything was recently thrown out because the dumpsters had been emptied earlier that morning and we sanitized everything when we got home, so it wasn't too sketchy. Ah the life a desperate and frugal college student lives.
