Dumpsters – don”t ya just love ”em? A reader recently wrote to inform me that rummaging through neighborhood trash is much, much more than a pastime for inquisitive children with time – and possibly ...

I admit, I was reluctant when Grist first suggested that I investigate the dumpster-diving phenomenon firsthand. But now that good old-fashioned garbage-picking has gone all hipster on us, I figured ...

On social media, the scene plays out again and again: people plunging into dumpsters and finding discarded treasures like luxury purses, video games and brand-new makeup kits. In recent years, the ...

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When I saw my friend Jackie post about going dumpster diving, aka the practice of obtaining food from trash dumpsters, my first thought was: What new hell are we going through in this country where ...

Rifling through trash paid off big time for one Maryland woman. Jennifer Lleras, 40, of Baltimore, estimates she’s found 2 million dollars worth of items by dumpster diving, including a $500 robot ...

It was the Ulta-mate score. A TikToker recorded herself dumpster diving outside an unidentified Ulta Beauty store last week — she claims to have snagged many Stila brand eye pencils, a full Coach ...