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 ...

Quick question — what comes to mind when you hear the term “dumpster diving?” A sketchy stranger in the night, feeling down on their luck, scrounging around in desperation for someone’s grimy box of ...

Many in Boston dumpster dive during “Allston Christmas”, an informal sidewalk shopping holiday that occurs when people move in and out of apartments in the city on Sept. 1. In Massachusetts, there’s ...