It's astonishing how often perfectly good merchandise gets discarded by major retailers, never making it to a store shelf, let alone into a shopper's hands. A recent post on the subreddit ...

Have you ever wanted to dumpster dive, but are either too nervous, too embarrassed, or just not sure where to start? Don't worry — there are tons of tips out there to help make it easier to find a ...

A man looks for scrap material in a dumpster at a construction site in Delano in this April 23, 2025, photo. Social media has become a form of research for many looking for tips and tricks for various ...

Travis Flannery has found headphones, cans of soup, salad fixings, grapes and a perfectly new, unopened coffeemaker. Once he found a horde of party supplies. Another time he came face-to-face with a ...

No longer a weird hobby for your eccentric uncle, dumpster diving is suddenly cool. This practice is simply looking through discarded items, typically in a retail dumpster, to find some to use again.

In recent years, dumpster diving has become a trendy activity for those looking to save money and help the environment. Posts using the #dumpsterdiving on TikTok have garnered billions of views on the ...