Dumpster Diving

The Crazy Place One Woman Found Her Lost Wedding Ring

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Unusual Marriage Story, Marriage, Lost Wedding Band, Dumpster Diving, Lost Wedding Ring, Slideexpand, Wedding Band, Dumpster Wedding Ring, Weddings News

By Associated Press ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- An Attleboro, Mass., woman is praising the city's trash collection company after its workers helped her dig...

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"I Am a Dumpster Diver, and I Eat Trash"

The Daily Collegian | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Dumpster Diving, Penn State, Pennsylvania State University, Epa, Urban Foraging, Food Waste, Free Food, Green Food, College News
The Daily Collegian

When you jump all the way into a dumpster, you start thinking about what other people would think if they saw you standing ankle-deep in garbage bags. But I'm already sure that I'm going to try my hand at dumpster diving again.

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WATCH: Dr. Steve Brule Goes Dumpster Diving

Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Tim Heidecker, Video, Dumpster Diving, Adult Swim, John C. Reilly, Check It Out With Dr. Steve Brule, Tim and Eric, Cartoon Network, Dr. Steve Brule, Eric Wareheim, Comedy News

The second season of "Check It Out! With Dr. Steve Brule," premiered last night on Adult Swim, and if that alone doesn't bring you joy, the show relea...

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The Art Of Dumpster Diving

Daniel Klein | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Trader Joes, Perennial Plate, Daniel Klein, Dumpster Diving, Dc, Local, Sustainable, Dumpster Divers, Food News
Daniel Klein

Its the holiday season, a time when people tend to eat a lot and waste even more. This video embraces the opposite. It is the not so un-common story of a family that dumpster dives.

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Sociology Professor Furnishes Home With Dumpster Finds

www.reuters.com | Judy Wiley | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Texas, Dumpster Diving, Tcu, Texas Christian University, University of Kent, Empire of Scrounge, Dumpster Divers, Jeff Ferrell, Dumpsters, Impact News

University professor Jeff Ferrell is something of a U.S. urban Robin Hood, although what he gives away is not stolen but the result of dumpster diving...

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Dumpster Diving Professor Is An Urban Robin Hood

Reuters | Judy Wiley | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Texas, Video, Jeff Ferrell Dumpster Diving, Dumpster Diving, Weird Texas, Texas Christian University, Reuters, Weird News News

By Judy Wiley FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - University professor Jeff Ferrell is something of a U.S. urban Robin Hood, although what he...

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Alice Hines

A Dumpster Dinner: Is Thanksgiving The Most Wasteful Day Of The Year?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Freegan, Publix, Holidays, Retail News, Trader Joe's, Dumpster Diving, Thanksgiving Dinner, Pies Not Bombs, Thanksgiving 2011, Supermarket, Food Not Bombs, Feeding America, Vegan Thanksgiving, Black-Friday, Business News

NEW YORK -- Lynn U., a 58 year old mom of two, is bringing cornbread stuffing to her aunt's Thanksgiving celebration this year. What the aunt doesn't ...

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WATCH: Letterman Catches Brian Williams Dumpster Diving

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Letterman, Video, Brian Williams Dumpster Diving, Letterman Brian Williams, Dumpster Diving, The Late Show With David Letterman, Brian Williams Dumpster Dives, Brian Williams David Letterman, Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, David Letterman, Brian Williams Dumpster, David Letterman Brian Williams, Comedy News

Brian Williams may be the most likable newsman alive. He slow jams the news with Jimmy Fallon on a regular basis, he's made multiple appearances on "3...

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Book Rescue Organization Dumpster Dives To Stock School Shelves

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scarce Book Rescue, School Supplies, Education, Dumpster Diving, Book Rescue, School Budget Cuts, Kay McKeen, Scarce, Video, Impact News

For some struggling schools, the nonprofit organization SCARCE is a lifesaver. The organization finds books and other much-needed supplies in an unlik...

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Oklahoma Family On The Brink Of Homelessness Dumpster Diving To Get By

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless Family, Homeless Students, Dumpster Diving, Unemployment, Homelessness, Oklahoma Homeless, Video, Impact News

Tapanga Wenrich is one of the over 2,000 students struggling with homelessness in the Tulsa, Okla. public school system. Tulsa World reports just a...

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1.5 Million TONS Of Food Dumped Every Year, Just In California

Los Angeles Times | David Lazarus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Food Waste, Hunger, Dumpster Diving, Food Waste, 1.5 Million Tons of Food Wasted, Hunger in America, Impact News

As I reported more than a year ago, California caterers, hotels and restaurants throw out roughly 1.5 million tons of perfectly good food every year, ...

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Dumpster Diving Tips: The Freegan Way (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Green Living, Freegan, How to Dumpster Dive, Dumpster Diving, Freeganism, Freegan Living, Green News

Dumpster diving is a practice becoming more common among financially stable people, intertwined with the growing freegan movement. Their name derived...

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Why Would You Want to be Homeless? (VIDEO)

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gold Coast, The South, Dumpster Diving, Panhandling, Homeless Shelter, Chicago, Race Relations, Race in the South, S.C., Cabrini Green, Urban Poverty, Homelessness, Soup Kitchen, Public Libraries, South Carolina, Richland County Public Library, Day Laborers, Columbia, College News
Paul Bowers

Here's the idea: On March 7, my roommate and I will head outside in Columbia, S.C. For one week, we will leave behind almost everything except the clothes on our backs. Our purpose? To document the homeless experience in our city firsthand.

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Trash Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freegan, Recycling, Energy, Dumpster Diving, Landfills, Waste, Composting, Trash, Do It Yourself, Pollution, Lower Your Impact, Garbage, Recycled Paper, Green News
Bill Chameides

Looking to lower your impact on the planet? Look no further than your trash bin. We Americans produce a lot of trash -- by some estimates about 250 million tons of the stuff per year.

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Thousands Of Dollars In Artifacts Found In NY Trash

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) -- One man's trash is definitely another man's treasure. A Queens man hired to remove material from a deceased artist's estate has f...

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Scavenging as a Virtue

Donna Schaper | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Recession, Poverty, Dumpster Diving, Homelessness, Money, Shopping, Economic Crisis, Scavenging, Thrift, Healthy Living News
Donna Schaper

Scavenging things has helped me scavenge people and institutions. I specialize in what other people throw out.

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Freecycling: Save Dough, Save Stuff

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycle, Going Green, Green, Environment, Freecycle, Green Living, freecycle.org, Dumpster Diving, Green News, Freegan Living, How to Dumpster Dive, Green News

Freecycling is a phenomenon that enables people to give unneeded but usable items to others at no cost. Whether you call it ethical shopping, sustain...

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The Art of Dumpster Diving

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: How to Dumpster Dive, The Giving Life, Freegan Living, Dumpster Diving, Freegans, Enviromental, Green Living, Green News
Olivia Zaleski

As Americans hold the not-so-spectacular distinction of producing more garbage per person than any other country (source: Energy Information Administration), "Dumpster Diving" is gaining a newfound respect and practice amongst the environmentally concerned. If you think our consumer society and its willy-nilly throwaway mentality have become unbearable, here are 10 tips for taking the plunge--into a smelly dumpster near you.

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4 Easy Ways to Be a Freegan

Maura Judkis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: How to Save Money, Freegan, U.S. News & World Report, Dumpster Diving, How to Save Money on Food, Freeganism, Save Money Groceries, Grocery Stores, Green, Green Living, The Giving Life, Green News
Maura Judkis

Conventional wisdom states that dumpster-diving is for the homeless. Freegans, however, are a small anticonsumerist group who won't allow anything use...

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Defending My Rich Man's Dump

Linda Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Recycling, National Public Radio, Dumpster Diving, Wellesley Massachusetts, Junk Recycling, Garage Sales, Take It or Leave It, Green News
Linda Keenan

NPR's portrait of Wellesley, MA's "Take it or Leave it" center was incomplete. No wonder angry listeners focused on trashing the rich instead of praising efforts to recycle.

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Freeganism: Do You Buy It?

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

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Madeline Nelson finds a bag of slightly bruised apples and day-old bread left in a supermarket's Dumpster too tempting to pass up. "A lot of perfectl...

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Trashed Painting Could Fetch $1 Mil At Auction

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tres Personajes, Art, Rufino Tamayo, Dumpster Diving, Sothebys, Art Loss Register, Business News

A painting stolen 20 years ago was found lying in trash along a street, and now it could fetch up to $1 million at auction. Elizabeth Gibson didn't k...

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