Tonight: From Bin To Banquet

zippychick

I can't stand Worral Thompson, especially after buying his digital scales which more or less immediately fell apart straight away.

But I will watch this out of interest

Freeganism is an interesting concept. I'm sure there are plenty out there who watched the wife swap with the freegans?

geordie_joe

fluffybunnies wrote: »

Can I point out that it is actually illegal to take food from supermarket waste bins!!!! That's why many lock their bins.

What law are you breaking if you take stuff from their bins?

geordie_joe

Money_saving_Diva wrote: »

Yes, I am aware of that, it is, after all, theft! But a couple of our local supermarkets turn a blind eye though the bigger ones have locks on their bins now I believe.

You have to be pretty brave to be a 'freegan' I guess!

Diva.x

It's not theft, and they turn a blind eye because they can't do much about it.

tinkerbellsmum_2

i work in a shop not a food shop but one of the leading brands and if something is discontiued and doesn't sell on reduced price it goes in the bin our manager at the mo is good and sends it to chartiy but other managers have binned them.

i used to work in a bakers and every night i had to bin food food we wasn't allowed to give it away to the homeless or even reduce it. the manager said when i asked one time that if they reduced it or gave it away people would wait till the end of the day to buy things or homeless people would wait outside. can see her point but still didn't seem fair

i'm looking forward to the program to but i'm at work does anyone know where i can watch it on repert

slowandsteady_2

I wonder why the stores dont bake less or order less in? They must have some idea of roughly what they sell each day/week?
Seems extremely wasteful if they dont sell it and they cant give it away, and they lock their bins, what a shame. Should be an interesting programme, im constantly trying to get my friends and sister to watch similar themed programmes i.e. economy gastronomy but it falls on deaf ears. Shame though i think we can all learn from them

geordie_joe

slowandsteady wrote: »

I wonder why the stores dont bake less or order less in?

Because it's cheaper to throw a loaf away than have a customer come in for bread and there be none. That customer may then go to another shop for the bread, then continue to shop at that shop. One customer lost!

slowandsteady_2

Yeah very true Geordie Joe, i didnt think of that, im too nice and naive for my own good i think!

Confuzzled

anniemf2508 wrote: »

sounds like an interesting programme.

I know the supermarket i work in, the out of date/wastage food gets taken away and is turned into biogas

whilst i do think it should be offered to homeless shelters first and formost at least your supermarket is being responsible with it's waste, many aren't

i admit that many years ago i knew someone that regularly dumpster dived and i have been the recipient of some of this food with absolutely no problems whatsoever. using it is much like using common sense for anything one has in their own fridge at home.

i wouldn't eat dairy products in mid summer from a bin but would happily eat anything they produced for this programme. i think it's absolutely appalling how much food rich western countries waste, especially when much of it is grown on land practically stolen from the desperately poor in third world countries then sold back to them later when the multinational companies have raped the soil of any goodness it once had.

i can't say i don't waste food, i do, i'm human i make poor judgements sometimes but i make a conscious effort to not waste and i must applaud the makers of this programme for the message they are sending because it's about time we westerners got off our 'it's unhygenic' high horses and realise that even if we can financially afford to be very selectively squeamish a fair portion of the worlds population can't, and they can't afford for us to be either as it's ruining their lives!

i wonder if anyone here watched blood sweat and take aways... another real eye opener about just how easy our lives are and how miserable the lives are of a vast majority of people that grow/process the food we so flagrantly waste. definitly food for thought and a terribly bitter pill to swallow

Confuzzled

geordie_joe wrote: »

What law are you breaking if you take stuff from their bins?

i believe it's 'theft by finding' which is ridiculous!

appearantly theft by finding also covers anyone taking the odd bit of furniture or toys etc that they've ever seen next to a bin very obviously going to be thrown out

most police will turn a blind eye or just give you a warning

it's not about giving it away or that they've lost anything they just want to cover their collective and greedy !!!!!s so they don't get sued! hell i'd sign a waiver if i could collect food they would have thrown away and i'm certain any shelter would too!

geordie_joe

Confuzzled wrote: »

i believe it's 'theft by finding' which is ridiculous!

appearantly theft by finding also covers anyone taking the odd bit of furniture or toys etc that they've ever seen next to a bin very obviously going to be thrown out

most police will turn a blind eye or just give you a warning

it's not about giving it away or that they've lost anything they just want to cover their collective and greedy !!!!!s so they don't get sued! hell i'd sign a waiver if i could collect food they would have thrown away and i'm certain any shelter would too!

I think you are wrong. The legal definition of theft is "A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it"

If you throw something in the bin, or a rubbish skip then it is generally accepted that you no longer want that item. You have indicated that you no longer want the item (by throwing it out), and you fully expect someone to take it away and you will never see it again.

If someone else then takes it out of the bin they can't be depriving you of the item, because you have already deprived yourself of the item, and indicated that you want to be deprived of it, by throwing it in the bin or skip.

As for "theft by finding" that can only cover things that are lost and the rightful owner wants them back. You can not be guilty of stealing an item that has been thrown away by the rightful owner. Because they have already deprived them selves of the item, so you are not depriving them of it.