"Freegan" - a polite name for someone who gains utility from obtaining and consuming trash from dumpsters. (article via Marginal Revolution)
Perhaps the most famous freegan (remember the partially eaten eclair in the trash !?).
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Freeganism is soooo two years ago.
Posted by: Daniel J. D'Amico | August 16, 2006 at 11:03 PM