July 25, 2008

Telegraph.co.uk: Dumpster diving with the freegans: Why pay for food?

Filed under: Just some thoughts, News Articles, Recycling Info, The Web, UK — Fiona @ 4:56 pm

James Hall is amazed at all the goodies on offer as he joins anti-consumerist activists in ‘dumpster diving’

Sleep is cheap for Dave Hamilton. That’s because the Bristolian paid almost nothing for his king-sized wooden bed. Mr Hamilton salvaged the bed frame from a skip.

The mattress came from Freecycle.org, a free online exchange site. All he paid for were the screws to put it together. “The entire bed cost me less than £3,” he boasts

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