Making food out of "rubbish"

Published May 15, 2012
Anna-Rae Douglass, 23, a practising 'freegan', sorts through a dumpster for edible food behind an organic grocery store in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Anna-Rae Douglass, 23, a practising 'freegan', sorts through a dumpster for edible food behind an organic grocery store in Coquitlam, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
Anna-Rae Douglass, 23, a practising 'freegan', sorts through a dumpster for edible food behind an organic grocery store in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Anna-Rae Douglass, 23, a practising 'freegan', sorts through a dumpster for edible food behind an organic grocery store in Coquitlam, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
May Wollf, (L), 28, a practising 'freegan', climbs into a dumpster while Robin Pickell tears open a garbage bag in an alley behind Commercial Drive in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
May Wollf, (L), 28, a practising 'freegan', climbs into a dumpster while Robin Pickell tears open a garbage bag in an alley behind Commercial Drive in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
Mya Wollf (R), 28, and Robin Pickell, 23, who are both 'freegans', sort through a dumpster for edible food in an alley behind Commercial Drive in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
Mya Wollf (R), 28, and Robin Pickell, 23, who are both 'freegans', sort through a dumpster for edible food in an alley behind Commercial Drive in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
Anna-Rae Douglass, 23, a practising 'freegan', looks through her fridge of scavenged food at her house in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
Anna-Rae Douglass, 23, a practising 'freegan', looks through her fridge of scavenged food at her house in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
May Wollf, 28, a practising 'freegan', cuts scavenged bread in her kitchen in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
May Wollf, 28, a practising 'freegan', cuts scavenged bread in her kitchen in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
May Wollf, 28, a practising 'freegan', holds a sandwich that is made entirely out of found or donated food in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.
May Wollf, 28, a practising 'freegan', holds a sandwich that is made entirely out of found or donated food in Vancouver, British Columbia. ? Photo by Reuters.

A 'Freegan' is someone who gathers edible food from the garbage bins of grocery stores or food stands that would otherwise have been thrown away. Freegans aim to spend little or no money purchasing food and other goods, not through financial need but to try to address issues of over-consumption and excess.- Photo by Reuters.

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