KNOWN AS ‘FREEGANS’ (combining ‘free’ and ‘vegan’), this thrifty group of eco-centrics are disgusted by today’s throw-away, non-fix-it consumer culture and have taken to foraging through rubbish in a bid to utilise ‘waste’ otherwise consigned to the dumping ground. “There’s so much waste in this consumer-driven society – it’s everywhere you look. Supermarkets throw out thousands of pounds’ worth of perfectly edible food every week,” says Martin Filla, “so I pretty much don’t shop.”
Freegans are not impoverished people. They represent an international movement of anti-capitalists united in the ...
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