You can do it and it is illegal in some countries. In Germany for example. EDIT: Ok, so I fired the comment and thought about it more afterwards. What I said i

You can do it and it is illegal in some countries. In Germany for example. EDIT: Ok, so I fired the comment and thought about it more afterwards. What I said is true in most cases. If a store wants to take you to court, they definitely can. Question is, would they? In most cities (Germany), they lock the containers to prevent 'stealing' in the first place. What really puts me off - and aligns with the original discussion - is, that this system is definitely not set up for people to not work. Even so, that they say, eating other peoples trash is not okay. You HAVE to work.