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This is an article about a man who finds edible food in dumpsters and even feeds it to his family. Grocery stores throw away goods that are far away from being expired. You could also watch a short video about it.

In this article a guy talks about how he feeds his family by dumpster diving.

The ESTS, Environmental Science & Technology estimates that 96 billions of food that we throw out equals 185 million barrels of oil. The deepwater horizon spewed an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oild into the ocean during a drilling accident. Now that's a lot of food being thrown away.

Grocery stores are throwing out food that is still good, none of it is rotten of bad. But because the expiration date is nearing they throw it out.

Seifer has a documentary featuring himself and other, who live off the food people throw away. "With 850 million people suffering every day, Seifer asks why out trash cans are brimming with food." He says the system is broken.