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Dumpster Diving
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I wondered if anyone one was dumpster diving. As the saying goes, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." I had an elderly neighbor who was a professional dumpster diver. He would find the most amazing things in people's trash. He would even sell his finds to friends & neighbors. I bought an antique box purse in excellent condition off of him.
Nowadays dumpsters are being locked. Is anyone roaming thru neighborhood alleyways on trash day?
Posted at 12:19AM, 1 December 2006 PDT
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hell yeah.... I wait for them to put the stuff on the curb. I got some nice bicycles from my neighbor, as well as a very nice coffee table. Its a shame people are consuming but not thinking.
Posted 66 months ago.
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dig it ..i 'm in the dumpster all the tijme =) nearly all of my art supplies come from print shop and art store dumpsters... there is som much to be ReUsed www.flickr.com/groups/reuseproject/
Posted 65 months ago.
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_INSPIRE_ ...
We got it, you have started another group like this one and want to promote it. Fine, no need to do it in multiple threads though. Please note that a link to your group has been in this group's description for a while now, too...
I deleted the other, redundant ads to your group. Feel free to contribute actual content.
Posted 65 months ago.
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garden bum [deleted] says:
I live in rural middle Tennessee. Years ago they had dumpsters placed around the county at certain locations for trash pickup. We used to pull out some incredible things from them.
Now, they have recycling centers that are fenced in and have an attendant working. There are dumpsters for trash, glass, tin, plastic, paper. And then there are the ones for metal and wood. I always peek down into those. We are not allowed to go inside them, but I've been known to fish things out. Plus, it helps to befriend the attendant on duty.
My latest treasure was an old wooden spoked wheel.
Posted 64 months ago.
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It's great here in Amsterdam. It's hard rubbish night every day of the week somewhere in the city. Living in a squat where all the furniture and a lot of the electrical gear and plants, kitchen, toilet fittings, massage pillows, super8 films, stove, fridge etc etc (endless list) are from the street. The danger is filling your house up with too much stuff.
Used to dumpster dive supermarket bins in australia. lots junk junk food but not so much that was healthy to eat. markets here in amsterdam can sometimes also be good for left over food after hours.
Posted 62 months ago.
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We call it "street shopping." (I don't go IN the trash, but I do take stuff placed NEXT to it.)
I live in Boston. When the students make their annual migrations, whole apartments' worth of furniture and other items are turned out onto the street for the taking.
We built a large deck last Summer. In one month, I had over twenty perfectly wonderful lawn chairs and a round table in excellent condition.
I know I'm not alone. If we put anything usable next to our trash, it's gone in minutes.
Originally posted 61 months ago.
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Juggling Frogs (clkl) edited this topic 61 months ago.
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I could have furnished several apartements from the stuff left out at our dumpster. If anyone is interested there is a group called Freecycle started in my home town of Tucson, AZ that connects people with things to give away with people who want to use them. Just Google "Freecycle" and look for the branch in your area.
Posted 61 months ago.
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Ooops, sorry, just saw there was already a thread about that...
Posted 61 months ago.
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If your hungry.... Produce stores through out all of there to ripe to sell items, Krispy Cream throughs donuts away everyday, and bread stores do too! You can dumpster food for yourself out start up a food not bombs in your community!
Posted 60 months ago.
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