German city wants to legalize “dumpster diving”

[longknife]

Lots of countries throw millions of tons of edible food away every day. It’s past the “best before” date and many places make it illegal for people to take perfectly good food from waste receptacles outside of stores and eating establishments.

“The time is overdue for better handling of food,” he tweeted. “It should not be the case that millions of tonnes are thrown away without consequences and, at the same time, people are being prosecuted. Decriminalize!”

Steffen reportedly also wants to either clarify whether retailers should be banned from putting food in the bin. In France, which wastes only 1.8% of its food production, supermarkets are prohibited from throwing away edible food and must instead donate it to charities or food banks. A similar law applies in the Czech Republic.

More @ Hamburg wants to legalise 'dumpster diving' to cut food waste

 

[Mike Dwight]

Ya! probably 90% of the stuff we put in the dumpsters, doesn't have the 4 major communicable diseases yet! mostly! I would bet those sort of odds on the life of a rat! Or maybe emergency biochemical warfare!

 

[Third Party]

George Costanza and the eclair.

 

[Baron]

Lots of countries throw millions of tons of edible food away every day. It’s past the “best before” date and many places make it illegal for people to take perfectly good food from waste receptacles outside of stores and eating establishments.

“The time is overdue for better handling of food,” he tweeted. “It should not be the case that millions of tonnes are thrown away without consequences and, at the same time, people are being prosecuted. Decriminalize!”

Steffen reportedly also wants to either clarify whether retailers should be banned from putting food in the bin. In France, which wastes only 1.8% of its food production, supermarkets are prohibited from throwing away edible food and must instead donate it to charities or food banks. A similar law applies in the Czech Republic.

More @ Hamburg wants to legalise 'dumpster diving' to cut food waste

Merkel and her communist gang destroyed Germany and made millions of people poor.
Because her good for nothing insane 'government' has not enough money for Germans ( of course 5m+ Muslim 'refugees' have priority ) it wants to allow
Germans to feed themselves from supermarket's dumpsters. Currently it is theft and crime punishable by prison.
Merkel's Germany are millions of retired collecting empty flashes ( too small retired benefits / do not confuse with very big pensions of politicians and officials/) , millions of homeless ( Muslim 'refugees have priority on real estate market ) and millions who will feed themselves from dumpsters.

Welcome to Merkel's socialist utopia DDR 2.0