Aren freegans who bin-raid taking food out of the mouths of those who can afford to buy it?
There is more food thrown out in the UK than there are hungry people to eat it. The irony of the suggestion that food be donated to charities, is that often the charities themselves are forced to throw away food, because they are given more than they can effectively redistribute. The poorest people in this country are rich in comparison to the vast majority of the world, where much of the food that is found in the bins orginated. We need to question who is really taking food from the mouths of those who can’t afford to buy it. When we make use of wasted wealth, we can redistribute any existing wealth to those in need.
