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As I’m sure you know, I’m a keen user of ‘Freegle’, whereby people can offer things they no longer want for someone else to take away, or ask for things someone else may have going spare. Since I joined in 2003 I have given and received literally thousands of things, everything from a single rivet to a double bed. A few days ago someone offered ‘peanut butter for dogs’. Well, being curious I had to ask why it was for dogs and not humans, and she said she had a housemate who had some kind of eating disorder/ OCD/ mental situation, whereby they would open a jar of peanut butter, eat some, and then discard that jar and buy another. So now there were several partly used jars of peanut butter in the house, and she didn’t like to throw it out. I know it might seem a bit weird to collect someone else’s leftover food, but I hate waste too so I said I would have some. So I cycled over there and came home with four almost-full jars of crunchy peanut butter. Now just have to decide what to do with it all! What would you do? (The use-by date is summer 2027 so no worries on that score) All rights reserved. © Text copyright Fleur 2026.