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 ...

Dumpster diving for groceries might sound unconventional, but as grocery prices change the way we shop, it can be a ...

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HOUSTON, Texas -- Turning trash into treasure -- some retailers have been estimated to throw away $50 billion worth of merchandise a year. One Texan is taking their waste to the bank, making big bucks ...

Talk about a filthy habit. A cost-conscious woman who ditched a good job to pursue her passion for dumpster diving claims to have saved $50,000 on clothing and other essentials in just two years.

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 ...

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 ...