Glossary
What is freegan?
A freegan avoids buying animal products and also avoids consumerism itself, often by recovering food and goods that would otherwise be discarded. The reasoning is that salvaging waste creates no additional demand.
Where the term comes from
It combines free and vegan, and grew out of anti-consumerist and anarchist activism in the 1990s. Skip diving, also called dumpster diving, is the practice most associated with it.
How does freeganism differ from veganism?
Veganism is a philosophy concerned with excluding animal exploitation as far as is possible and practicable. Freeganism adds a second concern, the avoidance of consumption and waste, and freegans differ among themselves on how the two interact.