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Dublin Live
National
Neil Leslie

Dublin 'hero' collects free food from Tesco to help local community and tackle waste

Marina Herrera is struggling to pack more food into her already overflowing carrier trolley and shopping bags.

In the morning shopping rush at Tesco on Dublin’s Parnell Street, she looks like any other shopper, stocking up for the week ahead.

But Marina is getting all this lovely fresh produce for free, and when she gets home, she will give it all away. If she doesn’t it will end up as part of Dublin and Ireland’s million tonne a-year food waste mountain.

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