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Savvy nurse bought million dollar house by eating from bins

A savvy nurse bought a $1 million apartment after eating out of BINS for four years to save $30,000 on her grocery shopping. Dumspter diver Mel Humphreys trawls garbage outside supermarkets, caterers and bakeries three or four times a week for fresh meat, fish, cheese, fruit, vegetables and bread. Eating rubbish allowed the super saver, 34, to slash her weekly food bill from $175 to just $40 – meaning she could afford to buy a two-bedroom apartment in Sydney’s inner west. Emergency and oncology nurse Mel said she would never give up her alternative lifestyle and is often left ‘disgusted’ by the vast quantities of edible food thrown away.