May 29 - As food costs around the world continue to increase, scavengers known as 'freegans' are raiding supermarket bins to find edible food.
Staples such as rice and bread are getting much more expensive for the world's hungry. But people in the Western world are still throwing out huge amounts of food - those in the UK throw away around one third of the food that is purchased.
One group of people trying to combat the amount of waste are so-called freegans who raid supermarket dumpsters to salvage food that is otherwise tossed out as rubbish.
Major UK supermarkets tell Reuters they're working to reduce this kind of waste by improving packaging and portion sizes - but only a few lock their bins. So for the freegans, the discarded food is there for the taking.
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Staples such as rice and bread are getting much more expensive for the world's hungry. But people in the Western world are still throwing out huge amounts of food - those in the UK throw away around one third of the food that is purchased.
One group of people trying to combat the amount of waste are so-called freegans who raid supermarket dumpsters to salvage food that is otherwise tossed out as rubbish.
Major UK supermarkets tell Reuters they're working to reduce this kind of waste by improving packaging and portion sizes - but only a few lock their bins. So for the freegans, the discarded food is there for the taking.
Basmah Fahim reports.