Dumpster Diving

Didn't even have to go into a skip for these, they were in boxes beside it. I think the person who put them there was hoping somebody picked them up, as it would have been just as easy to throw them into the skip.

Some for me, lots for a charity shop, and a couple for amazon

 

I found a big blue tank of nitrous behind a med.clinic once. It was practically full too. Took it tour and returned it when it was empty. Love dumpster diving!

 

I have never eaten out of a garbage can/dumpster, however I have gotten household items (furniture/decor) from various places.

I also work in a full buffet restaurant and understand how how grossly spoiled we are as a society. There are people who are starving, and I watch people eat like there is and endless supply of food.

To those knocking dumpster diving and the likes...back off a little and try to remember that "to each their own." As long as you aren't the one doing it, it really doesn't matter.

 

dumpsters are good for sleeping in when your homeless.none food ones.ya all the food that gets thrown out an wasted could feed the world.i think thats the most insane thing in this world.cos starvation is'nt some incurable disease.its just lack of food.it's nuts!

 

Yes isnt it amazing some of the stuff you can find?

One time a friend found a perfectly good WORKING COMPUTER!!

Its just amazing and sad.....

 

I have been wanting to try and dumpster dive. I remamber as a child my mom would do it. not for food but for other items. Im interested in learning more and wish i had a freind or someone to go with me. but after readying all this im thinking i will try by myself and see how it goes.

 

I used to do this.... Man! I found some good stuff.

 

I'm currently using an IBM thinkpad I got out of a dumpster.

I found a set of two pentium II's outside the thrift store, and put together one hot rodded one. DVD player, 288mb RAM, etc, boots a superlight linux distro and runs from RAM instead of disk (they pulled the drive before throwing it out) but as a consequence of being lightweight and in RAM, runs faster than most peoples modern laptops. My spreadsheet opens faster than your excell, no matter WHO you are.... promise.

 

Wow quite good! (I bet you were surprised it worked )

 

unfortionately not.

Lots of thrift stores throw out fucktons of electronics because they don't want to bother testing them, etc.... They probably turned these on and where too stupid to see that they wouln't work without HARD DRIVES.....

I can only imagine the waste in larger cities. Here it's bad enough..... I think anyone throwing out gold/lithium/copper/other precious metals (especially in dumpsters where they'll kick you out if they find you rummaging, like this one) should be fined a rather hefty sum.

 

Ya its a shame all thats wasted,no doubt about that!!!

Im glad you got a good deal though!!

 

I'll dive a dumpster in a heartbeat for a bike!

 

Are people throwing away good bikes?

 

People are throwing away everything.....

Never got a bike out of a dumpster, but I got an alright one out of a snowbank where it'd been, upside down, for a few weeks. I got my several hundered dollar vintage touring bike for $1 at a yard sale, doubtless saving it from the dumpster.

 

It truly amazes me the amount of information i find on these forums, great thread!

 

How often do you come across used needles/syringes?

Any special gloves to wear?

 

Never found one.

Dumpsters with needles in them probably usually are NOT the same ones that will have anything good in them, anyways.

 

Yes thats a good point!

You dont wanna end up getting stuck with something BAD!

 

I got a weeks worth of groceries the other day from a Safeway bin.

 

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Found this one this week. Now all I need to do is find a hipster to sell it to!