Wearing a balaclava and a headlamp under the cover of night, Andrea slips under an imposing fence into the backyard of a Berlin supermarket. After a few steps, he reaches his target — a rubbish bin overflowing with pasta, tropical fruits and truffle olive oil, all still in their packaging and, at least visibly, ready for consumption. A master's student in physics, year-old Andrea, who declined to give his full name, said he was not dumpster diving out of financial need. My grandmother always said: 'don't throw food away'. But people prefer to dump things rather than give them away for free," he complained.
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How activists are battling German food waste with illegal dumpster diving
Top definition. Acquired items are then either consumed or resold for profit. Possibly illegal in some states, dumpster diving has been given a bad wrap because of some divers lack of decent, courteous etiquette i. Sometimes D. Why one night D.
We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. A small German network has turned to parliament to raise awareness of the wastefulness of our throw-away society - and to urge that dumpster diving be decriminalized. Once parliament activates the petition, the alliance - which was founded just last year and, according to its own count, has , supporters - has all of 30 days to collect at least 50, signatures.