Couldn't We Skip the Dumpster Diving?

   I had never heard of "freegans" before. Had you? I encountered the term first at this blog I wander past every now and again. Since the blogger provided the link to the Freegan website, I toodled on over for a look-see. There I found a group who describe themselves as people who "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." It all sounds good, and there is a great deal of good in what they espouse, but I can not get past the "dumpster diving" they delight in. I share with them the conviction that there are alternatives to the constant consumerism pushed at us, but I'm not ready to make dumpster diving one of mine. I am definitely not good Freegan material.