DD AKA Dumpster Diving Journal

Stacy Mills                                                                                                     

Professor Kelly Warren

ENC 1102

March 11, 2013

DD AKA Dumpster Diving

After watching the movie Dive, it really made me open my eyes to all of the wasted food that goes on in the United States. Dumpster diving has become a big trend in the United States. They have even given themselves a trendy name called “freegons”. Some people do it because it saves money on their grocery bills. Others do it because they want to live a much simpler life.

            Dumpster diving is not just for homeless people, sometimes it is someone who makes plenty of money. In watching the documentary a chef came in and made an extravagant meal out of the food that was pulled out of a dumpster. Some of the food that was being pulled out looks like those people eat better that my family does. I was amazed at the different array of foods that the grocery stores throw out. There were plenty of meats, vegetables, fruits and salads.

            It is sad that there are so many starving people not only in our country but in other countries as well. Somehow, someway, the United States should figure out a way to stop throwing away all of this food and help fight hunger. If the big grocery stores chains would donate the food instead of throwing it out we probably could feed about 60 percent of the starving people in America.

            With dumpster diving becoming such a trend. Families can save money and eat well. The big question is, would you dumpster dive to feed your family? I probably would if I was without a job and hungry. But for now I will pay the high prices at the grocery store and make do with what I can afford.