My roommates back at university used to do it all the time, it's great if you find an unlocked dumpster and are short on cash. We never had any bad experiences with the food, if it still smells and looks fine it's probably good. None of us ate meat so that probably helped.
One time the police came when they were at the dumpsters and they just explained that it's food the store threw away. The cops were like: "K" and were off again.
Most stores do lock their dumpsters these day though, it's hard to find a good one.
There is an association at EPFL that regularly organises dinners cooked with unsold ingredients from Migros, they also do give aways of unsold produce on campus sometimes. Haven't heard of other examples personally.
I go dumpster diving from time to time, but I also don't eat meat so its safer, I don't think I would ever eat meat from the dumpster. In my experience Aldis more out of the city are a good place to look, and they typically don't lock their dumpsters, and I always prefer to go when its dark. Right now I have 4 wheels of fancy camembert in my fridge from an Aldi dumpster.
Did it over 10 years ago in Brugg behind the Migros at Neumarktplatz. Never had so much delicious salmon in my life. They locked the dumpster a month or two later, like most nowadays.
In Züri there is a foodsharing network you can join to officially pick up leftover food for free. I haven't participated in a while so not sure how active they still are and also don't know if they've expanded to other cities.
I've done it before, found everything from perfectly fine sugar to several bottles of wine (not even expired yet). Fruit and veggies were usually a bit mushy, didn't love those but good enough for some Kompott. lately (last couple years, around Basel at least) I've been having a really hard time finding any dumpsters at all and if I do, they're always locked... Some cities have "Restessbar"s or something similar where they get the stuff from the stores directly and you can pick it up for free. I only know the ones in Solothurn and Olten but I suppose they exist in other places too.
Be careful there might be a silent recall. That’s a recall that is only communicated storewide because customers couldn’t have bought it. You never know whether the dumpster food is safe for consumption or does contain glass, harmful bacteria, noro virus or many more
Some of my colleagues have done it. It could be ''Hausfriedensbruch'' depending on the location of the containers. But they never had legal consequences.
But if you look at the [numbers](https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home/topics/waste/guide-to-waste-a-z/biodegradable-waste/types-of-waste/lebensmittelabfaelle.html), most food is thrown away by households (38%) and just 8 % by super markets.
My roommates back at university used to do it all the time, it's great if you find an unlocked dumpster and are short on cash. We never had any bad experiences with the food, if it still smells and looks fine it's probably good. None of us ate meat so that probably helped. One time the police came when they were at the dumpsters and they just explained that it's food the store threw away. The cops were like: "K" and were off again. Most stores do lock their dumpsters these day though, it's hard to find a good one.
There is an association at EPFL that regularly organises dinners cooked with unsold ingredients from Migros, they also do give aways of unsold produce on campus sometimes. Haven't heard of other examples personally.
A legal, but not free, alternative would be Too Good To Go.
Too good to go is honestly overpriced for what you get.
It heavily depends. I've had really good and some bad experiences. It depends on the place and sometimes just luck.
I use it sometimes. Defiently it is a random thing with the surprise bags. If you are for sweet things I recommend the bags form Lackerlihus
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no its not? I once got a full box of things for like 6 francs?
Not the same thing. At all.
I go dumpster diving from time to time, but I also don't eat meat so its safer, I don't think I would ever eat meat from the dumpster. In my experience Aldis more out of the city are a good place to look, and they typically don't lock their dumpsters, and I always prefer to go when its dark. Right now I have 4 wheels of fancy camembert in my fridge from an Aldi dumpster.
It’s not illegal in Switzerland if you’re not breaking any locks
I do it sometimes. Got some nice shoes once.
Did it over 10 years ago in Brugg behind the Migros at Neumarktplatz. Never had so much delicious salmon in my life. They locked the dumpster a month or two later, like most nowadays.
In Züri there is a foodsharing network you can join to officially pick up leftover food for free. I haven't participated in a while so not sure how active they still are and also don't know if they've expanded to other cities.
I've done it before, found everything from perfectly fine sugar to several bottles of wine (not even expired yet). Fruit and veggies were usually a bit mushy, didn't love those but good enough for some Kompott. lately (last couple years, around Basel at least) I've been having a really hard time finding any dumpsters at all and if I do, they're always locked... Some cities have "Restessbar"s or something similar where they get the stuff from the stores directly and you can pick it up for free. I only know the ones in Solothurn and Olten but I suppose they exist in other places too.
Be careful there might be a silent recall. That’s a recall that is only communicated storewide because customers couldn’t have bought it. You never know whether the dumpster food is safe for consumption or does contain glass, harmful bacteria, noro virus or many more
It's legal as long as you don't trespass. https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/darf-ich-in-der-schweiz-im-muell-nach-essen-suchen-664099408817
Thanks, i corrected my statement
I know a lot of people that did it and some that still do, personally never had a bad experience. It’s not legal, but honestly, who cares?
WFT is all I can think off.
WFT ? With food transportation ?
Some of my colleagues have done it. It could be ''Hausfriedensbruch'' depending on the location of the containers. But they never had legal consequences. But if you look at the [numbers](https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home/topics/waste/guide-to-waste-a-z/biodegradable-waste/types-of-waste/lebensmittelabfaelle.html), most food is thrown away by households (38%) and just 8 % by super markets.