069: For Dumpster Diving Skeptics

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Freshly baked artisanal breads, still warm from the oven. Imported cheeses in original packaging. Untouched organic berries. Did you know? You can find all this + more in your local dumpster. Cameron Macleish first learned about the food waste epidemic as a broke college student. These days, he dumpster dives and – with his mom’s help – cooks delectable meals with his finds to push back against both food waste + food insecurity. While Cameron neither wants nor expects us to dumpster... Read More Read More The post 069: For Dumpster Diving Skeptics appeared first on Sustainable Minimalists. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0	This is episode 69 of the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast.
0:05.0	You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast,
0:08.0	a show about living simply and sustainably with your family.
0:11.0	Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.
0:14.0	Hey there, welcome back.
0:17.0	Dumster diving.
0:19.0	What comes to mind?
0:21.0	Now, of course, right?
0:22.7	Dumpster diving is a common practice for many people on the hunt for treasured and free
0:28.5	fines. But for the rest of us, I'm willing to bet we have preconceived and negative notions about the practice.
0:36.6	I get it, I'm right there with you.
0:39.6	What about dumpster diving for food.
0:42.7	Did you just scrunch your nose up a little bit?
0:44.8	I bet you did.
0:46.2	Would you change your mind though if I told you
0:48.2	that dumpster diving for food almost always
0:50.8	means that the food is untouched, not expired, and in its original
0:55.9	packaging. So let's say I told you that your favorite crackers are in an unopened
1:01.8	box in a dumpster. They haven't expired, no actual cracker has ever touched the dumpster.
1:08.0	Would you consider eating them?
1:10.0	How about your favorite expensive imported cheese?
1:15.0	Again, it's not expired.
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