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Pagpag is the Tagalog term for leftover food from restaurants (usually from fast food restaurants) scavenged from garbage sites and dumps. [1] [2] Pagpag food can also be expired frozen meat, fish, or vegetables discarded by supermarkets and scavenged in garbage trucks where this expired food is collected. [3]
Pagpag is the Tagalog term for leftover or trash foods salvaged from garbage and re-cooked for consumption by the poorest Filipinos in the slum districts of Metro Manila. Despite being considered a survival food and a symbol of the poor Filipinos’ resilience, pagpag has become a controversial issue due to the health risks associated with it.
Apr 24, 2023 · With food prices rising relentlessly, Manila’s poorest residents are increasingly resorting to eating “pagpag”, a stew cooked with scraps of meat and bones scavenged from rubbish bins that is...
Jul 27, 2019 · Consuming pagpag leads to stunted growth in children and increases risks of hepatitis A, cholera and typhoid — but eating it is a fact of life in Philippine slums. South China Morning Post ...
Feb 26, 2024 · Pagpag stands as an ingenious survival food innovation devised by the most impoverished Filipinos, symbolizing their unwavering resilience in combating hunger amidst food insecurity.
May 28, 2013 · Pagpag is the local term for these leftovers found in the mounds of garbage and disposal sites in the Philippines. It is a quintessential staple for the poorest of the poor and is not only a means to nourish and sustain but has become trade and livelihood for those who dare capitalize on it.
Mar 16, 2014 · In the Philippines, these recycled meals are called “pagpag,” which roughly translates to “dusted off food.” Families scour dumpsites for what appears to be “still edible.”
Apr 30, 2012 · CNN — Felipa Fabon waits outside a local fried chicken restaurant in Manila. Crouching near to feral cats and rubbish bins, she isn’t there to meet friends for dinner but to search through the...
Discover the shocking truth about 'pagpag', the practice of recycling garbage into food in Manila, Philippines. From the challenges faced by food recyclers to the impact of poverty on food waste, this article sheds light on a harsh reality.
Mar 17, 2014 · Recycled leftover food or pagpag – mostly from fastfood chain trash – nourishes many of the country’s poor. Picked up from garbage trucks that bring them to dump sites, leftover parts of...
