Hi, I'm Ivy, and I dumpster dive a lot! I've been diving for 10 years now & I've been able to reduce my carbon footprint so much. I live off what I dive, and I usually donate a couple hundred pounds of food per month to my local food pantry.
Long term, I plan on opening my own food pantry in Florida. This way I will be able to help those in need to get not only the food they need but the healthy fresh food they need, which most food pantries don't/can't give away.
Dumpster diving is scavenging through bins and waste containers to find treasure, food, or other items of value. It has a small but dedicated following in Vancouver, with communities of…