A care worker 'sickened' by waste says she has eaten for free for a whole month by 'waiting around bins' outside supermarkets - rescuing hundreds of pounds worth of fresh products about to be thrown away. 'Freegan' Jill Bennett claims she eats three meals a day without spending a penny as well as donating heaps of food to her local community since she started waiting outside supermarkets for leftover stock to be thrown out.
The 62-year-old spotted a supermarket worker binning more than ten bags worth of food including fresh fruit, veg, meat and ready meals and was 'sickened' at the thought of it going in the bin. So she took it home with her where she was shocked to discover she had retrieved more than £200 of edible grub.
Horrified at the thought of fresh food being thrown away so often, Jill began waiting outside shops at 'throwing out time' every Sunday to intercept the worker before they disposed of the items. For the last month, Jill has lived solely on the produce she finds, dining on lamb chops, whole chickens, ready meals, curries, apple pies and fancy chocolates.
