If you are of the believe that throwing away food is really not that big of a deal I would encourage you to join your local chapter of Food not bombs for a sing

If you are of the believe that throwing away food is really not that big of a deal I would encourage you to join your local chapter of Food not bombs for a single day to see if you walk away from that experience feeling the same way. I did this for a whole summer a few years back and it changed my outlook completely. We used to collect bread and other foods from grocery stores that was approaching its Sell By date, but was perfectly fine and safe for human consumption. We would then gather all the veggies we would collect from local farmes market and make some really nutritious and hearty soups and stews which we would then distribute to the homeless in downtown Los Angeles. After you've witnesses the gratitude from someone who might have gone to bed on an empty stomach you will seriously find yourself questioning the politics that make it illegal for folks to dumpster dive or to redistribute food that would have otherwise ended up producing more methane gas in a landfill as this article suggests.