Freegans?

[Twisterdog]

I agree with the majority of what CatLady711 said.

Maybe it comes from working hard all my life, but my basic philosophy is, if you are capable of working you'd better be doing so. And if you choose not to, then starve of your own freewill, but do so quietly, please. And don't expect someone to coddle you.

I do, however, think the amount of waste in this country is a terrible, crying shame. I NEVER throw anything away that is not hopelessly ruined. I donate everything that is possibly useful to a charity. There is always someone, somewhere that wants it.

Our local Humane Socity does a city clean up day once a year, where we basically go pick up stuff for people and haul it away. They donate to the Humane Society for payment. And you would not BELIEVE what people throw away. I would say we actually end up keeping about 75% of the stuff people tell us is garbage, and needs to go to the landfill. We sell it for another fundraiser, our annual yard sale. People throw away brand new clothes, perfectly good furniture and household goods, and the thing that makes me very sad, soooo many books.

I think the materialistic, throw-away society we live in is pathetic. We are filling our landfills with perfectly good items, and polluting and destroying natural resources to make more of pretty much the same items. Sad.

[Donnaj4962]

I have never heard of these folks before. I am going to do some more research on them (when I am not at work! ). Sounds like a strange lifestyle to me.

I have heard of a family in our area that, due to downsizing, both parents are out of work. Instead of going on food stamps, foreclosing on their house, etc., stated their own business. They "recycle" folks old appliances, computers, etc. They do everything environmentally safe with what they can and then sell what they can for scrap. Apparently, they are making quite a living by hauling away other folks "trash"!!! I am impressed with their engenuity and desire to help the environment.