Posts by Ivy Elaine

Dumpster diving, or seeking out usable items in commercial dumpsters, has grown in popularity in recent years as a means to reduce waste and find valuable goods. While not illegal…

New Hampshire may invoke images of quaint small towns and mountain getaways, but it also has an active and complex waste stream that attracts a little-discussed subculture - dumpster divers.…

For many, the contents of a dumpster elicit feelings of disgust. Yet for a small but growing number of “freegans,” these trash receptacles offer a bounty of usable goods.  Dumpster…

Dumpsters overflow with hidden treasures for those brave enough to go digging. While dumpster diving conjures images of grimy back alleys, it can actually unearth amazing finds if you know…

Rummaging through dumpsters for discarded items may seem unappealing to some, but for others it's a hobby, a sport, and even a way of life. In New Jersey, dumpster diving…

Humans created so much waste that some view it as an opportunity. Every night in cities across Ohio, people slip into alleys to sort through dumpsters behind stores and restaurants,…

"One person's garbage is another person's treasure." That old saying rings especially true for the hobby of dumpster diving in Reading, PA. Some see rummaging through others' trash or recycling…

A roll off dumpster, sometimes called a roll off container, is a large open-top dumpster designed for removing heavy debris and large volumes of waste. Unlike regular front-loading dumpsters that…

Dumpster diving, also known as garbage picking or bin diving, refers to the practice of sorting through commercial or residential trash containers and dumpsters in order to find useful items…

Dumpster diving, as the name suggests, involves the scavenging of dumpsters, trash cans, and waste containers for valuable and useful goods that have been rejected and discarded. It is a…