Dumpster Diving (Tips and such)

[The Blackrose]

I noticed the dumpster behind Autozone had a lot of shit, all of it had a sticker that said "Special Handling". Anyone work for Autozone and know what that means? It seemed from the look of it it just mean "throw this away".

Considering AutoZone deals with batteries and other commodities, high probability that it is hazmat. Have fun with that.

[Meresgi]

I know my fiances sister used to do this at Pier 1, and found tons of furniture and shit. I found a deck chair last night, perfect condition but it had one little scrape, something that would probably be a good $100 in store, I had no use for it though so I left it there.

Microcenter is a great idea, thanks for that one. The closest one is about an hour away, but might be worth it to try once a month, even if I go during the day.

As for the laws, its legal here, from what I have read it's all public property but if the owner comes out and asks you to leave, you have to leave. If an officer shows up and asks what you're doing you just tell them, and when they tell you to scram you just scram and don't come back to that site for awhile.

I was looking for a Dunkin Donuts to find some donuts since they throw them out each night, but only one I found had a locked up area with the dumpsters in it, so that was a no go.

The copper thing reminds me of what me, my brother-in-law and father-in-law do sometimes in old places we have to fix up. We've had a few places where we just changed out the copper for PVC fittings and took the copper with us. Scored a good $2000 once at random when we stumbled upon just a pile of copper sitting in the corner in a shopping center that had been closed.

[Meresgi]

Considering AutoZone deals with batteries and other commodities, high probability that it is hazmat. Have fun with that.

I doubt it, as the sticker was on a stealing wheel cover. Also things like car batteries and oil can't be disposed of in the same manner as just regular trash. Much like medical waste has it's own dumpster. I know back in NY we didnt have garbage pickup since we lived in the country so when we took trash to the dump, they wouldn't allow you to bring in batteries, oil or CRT monitors except on approved certain days each month and they went into their own dump and were handled differently. The dumpster behind Autozone had just employee trash, boxes and other random crap in it as well.

[Demosthenes11]

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I know people are poor as fuck, but really? I'd sooner turn off my internet than do shit like this

[Patriarch]

wtf bg

I know people are poor as fuck, but really? I'd sooner turn off my internet than do shit like this

Was thinking something quite similar to this.

Hell, hit up a food pantry..

[Syntex]

wtf bg

I know people are poor as fuck, but really? I'd sooner turn off my internet than do shit like this

Something fun to do and it's free.

[Chrius]

sticker was on a stealing wheel cover.

Got stealing on the mind instead of just diving?

[archibaldcrane]

I was going to go dumpster diving once, but then i went to college and got a high paying job instead.

[Meresgi]

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I know people are poor as fuck, but really? I'd sooner turn off my internet than do shit like this

*Shrug* it's free shit and 90% of the stuff they throw out is still useful. Hell the only nasty dumpsters are the ones with restaurants and shit and we steered clear of any of those since it's all just garbage and trash.

I guess i'm just not raking in the dough enough to not take advantage of free shit.

Pic related.

http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/wp...oge-mcduck.jpg

I was going to go dumpster diving once, but then i went to college and got a high paying job instead.

Please good sir, could you spare a few coppers?

But yeah, a lot of people that do shit shit arnt on the verge of poverty. Some just want free shit because it's free, and others think it's stupid as fuck that we throw away so much food for no reason.

Got stealing on the mind instead of just diving?

I tried to throw the steering wheel cover through the window to get at the good stuff, but it didnt work

[BerenTebogo]

I was going to go dumpster diving once, but then i went to college and got a high paying job instead.

And all at once, the room turned and stared at me laughing uncontrollably.

I just moved into a new place, and the leasing office was like 'dumpster diving is strictly forbidden' blah blah and my roommate and I looked at them, jaws open, and asked "is that a real thing? People do that enough that you have to give us a speech about it? What the hell?"

We were just so completely shocked.

[Firedemon]

I was going to go dumpster diving once, but then i went to college and got a high paying job instead.

lmfao

[vagus]

Why not just use Craiglist and the FREE section. Seems safer, cleaner and well ya safer and cleaner.

[Chrius]

And all at once, the room turned and stared at me laughing uncontrollably.

I just moved into a new place, and the leasing office was like 'dumpster diving is strictly forbidden' blah blah and my roommate and I looked at them, jaws open, and asked "is that a real thing? People do that enough that you have to give us a speech about it? What the hell?"

We were just so completely shocked.

Minor hijack - I received a steroid cream once and had to be told to not use it near my groin. How many options do you need to be out of where a prescription is your next best bet.

[Cephius]

Dumpster diving....? My only thought:

http://ponysquare.com/file/pic/photo...72d514_500.png

[Meresgi]

Why not just use Craiglist and the FREE section. Seems safer, cleaner and well ya safer and cleaner.

Never used craigslist for free food for my own consumption. We use freecycle for the food for the dogs since there is freezer burnt shit up there and what not. And it's not really dirty or not safe to look through Trader Joe's dumpster. I mean shit, its not like im diving into a dumpster literally, and anything that doesnt look good or isnt packaged you don't take. I think some people think of this concept as someone going in the back of McDonalds and getting that quarter pounder a guy only took a single bite out of and some fries with it lol.

[BaneTheBrawler]

I understand doing this for furniture and car parts and stuff like that, but food? I'm pretty wary of that. That being said, my friend pulled a bunch of unopened bags of doritos out of a dumpster and we ate them while camping. They'd been thrown out because they were 3 days past the expiry date. As long as the food is individually wrapped and you can easily determine why it was thrown out, I'm okay with eating it, provided said reason isn't something gross like mold/rotting/etc.

[Cephius]

Anyway if you're really doing this then at least go and look up the laws in your city/state, as they vary a lot. Some places you just have to leave if they ask, in others its trespassing/stealing. I worked at a CVS for a long time and they were always calling the cops on anyone who came near the dumpsters. They were afraid of getting sued (pharmacy disposes of biohazard waste different but still a lot of chemicals in there) and didn't take any chances.

[FNH]

dumpster diving for food if you aren't homeless is just wtf.

[Ganondorf]

Me and a buddy used to drive around the upper class neighborhoods with a pickup truck back in high school, and grab anything that looked salvageable and wasn't covered in piss, or worse. I picked up plenty of old wooden stuff (tables, chairs, dressers, etc.) that I reburbished and sold/kept, or just salvaged and turned into an art project. That was highschool.... and I vaguely remember furniture being better back in those days. Ask yourself how much you really need that used IKEA particleboard entertainment center with the missing leg before you pick it out of someones else's trash.

Don't get me wrong, if I know a perfectly good.. (something) is going to get thrown away anyway, I'll snatch it up before that happens; but that's rarely the case unless you have some kind of connection. Big difference between opportunity and habbit. This whole concept really depends on your area, and even then, it's a questionable thing to do.

Also, diving for food is just..... no. Ramen is what, $0.20 a block?

[Irohuro]

dumpster diving for food if you aren't homeless is just preventing waste.

ftfy