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We've all done it. We've seen something interesting at the curbside on garbage day and picked it up (if we didn't, we wished that we had). Dumpster Diving is the active search for interesting stuff that others have thrown away. Not only do Dumpster Divers pick up stuff from the curbside, but as the name implies, we dive into dumpsters at apartment complexes and behind shopping centers.
Dumpster Diving can also be profitable, especially in areas where aluminum cans have return deposits. In any event, items found can be sold at rummage sales, given as gifts, pawned, or even sold for scrap. NEW: Dumpster Diving is becoming more interesting and actually more popular. I've received several requests for interviews for a college class, general questions and tips, even a television reporter wanting to know why.
This page inspired by
The Art & Science of Dumpster Diving
-- find the book thru Amazon.com's on-line catalog.
The Ultimate Dive, a 22 minute how-to-video by Suzanne Girot; ©1996 starring John Hoffman, and several other various peoples- available for $20 from: Suzanne Girot, PO Box 269, Felton, CA 95018, USA
please e-mail for information, or to submit trash tales and/or dumpster discoveries.
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FIRST posted 20 November 1995 : : : : : last updated 8 May 1999.
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