Kaunas

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Kaunas is the second biggest city in Lithuania. It's not the best place for dumpster diving but by knowing where the right places are one can find some food or other useful stuff.

[edit] Food

Only two supermarket chains, RIMI and IKI, tend to throw away food that is still in good quality. Other supermarkets sell "bad looking" fruits and vegetables or products with near expiration date at a discount. There is no practice to sort the trash, so everything is thrown into one large trash bin.

Some examples of dumpster dived food in Kaunas:

melon, 2 apples, lemon, tomato, 5 cucumbers, 2 courgettes, 3 eggplants, 2 herb plants in pots.

around 2kg of courgettes, 10 tomatoes, 15 tangerines, 1 eggplant, 1 box of fresh parsley, 8 packs of mango, peach, apple and strawberry juice.

around 1kg of radishes, 9 eggplants, 7 heads of garlic, 1 box of fresh button mushrooms, 1 box of dried mushrooms, 8 packs of mango, peach, apple, strawberry, currant and banana juice.

37 packs or 22,5l of juice

[edit] Non-edible stuff

It is possible to find furniture or even electric devices in residential areas. People leave them near their houses or by the doors.

Special dumping grounds ("Stambiagabaričių atliekų aikštelė" in Lithuanian) are another good place to find furniture, electric devices, wood, large pieces of glass, etc. There are two of them in Kaunas: Ašigalio g. 20 and Julijanavos g. 1a (more information in Lithuanian). Dumping grounds are fenced and have guards. Taking things from there is against the law but it is possible to do that after talking with a guard.

Lots of furniture left in dumping ground in Ašigalio g. 20, Kaunas

Window frames with still good glass

[edit] Freecycle

Freecycle group in Kaunas has around 90 members and in average 3 messages a month as of August 2009. The communication language is Lithuanian but English is also accepted. Reach it here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kaunasfreecycle/