50 Times People Couldn’t Believe Their Luck While Dumpster Diving (New Pics)

'Dumpster Diving' is a subreddit dedicated to urban foraging — searching through the trash for usable items.

Members of this online community share their experiences and tips for finding valuables, talking about both their successes and failures, as well as discussing ethical and legal considerations surrounding the activity.

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Found In The Dumpster Tied In A Trash Bag. What A Sweet Soul As Well. Poor Thing

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Best Dumpster Dive Ever

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Found This Boy By A Recycling Dumpster Today

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Found A Completely Unused Art Set

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Thought This Was Worth Saving

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Two La Creuset’s Left At The Dumpster By My Work Today

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Not Dumpster Diving Per Se, But This Antique Hand Painted French Cabinet From The 1890's Was A Part Of The "Junk" I Was Hired To Remove From A House Yesterday!

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Ok This Is Epic

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#10

Built Myself A Desk Out Of Some Mahogany Base Boards Taken Out Of The Dumpster! My Gaming Chair Was Picked Up From The Curb Side

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#11

Someone’s Old Marble Collection Got Put In The Trash And Rescued By Me

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#12

Scoreeee. First One Of The Season

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#13

Found This Painting In The Trash, Looked Like My Cat So I Grabbed It

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#14

My Curbside Cast Iron Haul!

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#15

Was Out Of Dogfood And Broke Af. Thought I'd Take A Peek In The Pet Store Dumpster. Score

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#16

I've Never Felt The Need To Post A Haul Until This

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#17

I Was Digging Through The Trash Of Someone Who Looked To Be Moving And I Found A Set Of Earrings Marked As 18k Gold And A Friend Who Is A Jeweler Tested The Stones And Said They're White Sapphire

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#18

I’m Excited About This Find, I’m An Elementary Teacher And Next Year I’ll Have All My Kiddos Write Cards To Their Family/Staff! They Were Sealed In A Trash Bag Untouched On Top!

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#19

Found A Perfectly Fine Bass Guitar In The Garbage. On My Birthday!!

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#20

Someone Threw Out A Perfectly Working 40 Inch 4k Smart TV. Madness, But Mine Now

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#21

Dumpster Diver Needed A Little Help Out After Getting Stuck Down There

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#22

This 30+ Year Old Monstera Deliciosa Would've Gone To The Dump. Working At A Moving Firm Has Its Benefits! Girlfriend For Scale

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#23

I Have Never Felt So Happy From A Dumpster Find

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#24

Pretty Rad Find. My Grandparents Paid Something Like 75 Cents A Months Back In The Day For One Similar. Little Work, And She’ll Shine

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#25

Back With More To Report. I Thought I’d Retired, But Last Night I Checked The Dumpster Again. Diapers, Storage, Heaters, Toys And Cases Of Cereal Later ($785) Sticker Price, I’m So Glad I Went. More Donation Trips To Make Next Week!

Back With More To Report. I Thought I’d Retired, But Last Night I Checked The Dumpster Again. Diapers, Storage, Heaters, Toys And Cases Of Cereal Later ($785) Sticker Price, I’m So Glad I Went. More Donation Trips To Make Next Week!

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#26

Someone Didn’t Feel Like Cleaning Their $800 Espresso Machine. I Found It Sitting On Top Of A Garbage Can Out Diving Last Night

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#27

I Love These Little Free Pantries I've Been Seeing Pop Up Lately. They Give Me A Great Opportunity To Practice Mutual Aid With My Neighbors By Filling Them Up With A Bunch Of Perfectly Fine Non-Perishables I Score From Dumpsters!

I Love These Little Free Pantries I've Been Seeing Pop Up Lately. They Give Me A Great Opportunity To Practice Mutual Aid With My Neighbors By Filling Them Up With A Bunch Of Perfectly Fine Non-Perishables I Score From Dumpsters!

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#28

Found This Disco Ball - Expected It To Be Flimsy, Made Of Styrofoam But Its Actually Very Heavy And Nice!

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#29

I Make Blankets For Shelter Doggos/Homeless People And Their Dogs From Linen I Find In Dumpsters. Doggo In Photo Is My Little Weirdo. And No, I Did Not Find Her In A Dumpster:p

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#30

In An Open Dumpster Behind My Target…

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#31

Saw Someone On Here Say They Found A Bunch Of LED Lights Once. I Thought “Omg I Want To Find Some”… Well I Found 25 Boxes Last Night

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#32

Pert Smert If My Favorite Dumpster By Far. Very Aesthetic, Brand New $150 Cat Tower, In The Box? Score. P.s. They Love It

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#33

Antique Apothecary Scales Thrown Out By Neighbors

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#34

Saved Before It Hit The Trash

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#35

Did I Find 30 Pairs Of Brand New $120 Boots In A Shoe Store Dumpster? Do All Of My Friends Now Have Said Pair Of Boots? Yes On All Fronts

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Jaaawn 1 year ago

Lol, we used to call this particular style of boots prostiboots as kids

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Szirra 1 year ago

We were less polite about it - we called them „f**k me boots“

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ViFi 1 year ago

my best friend *since she was a child* has been calling these "squeaky clean get 'em wrecked" boots. she is an odd bean.

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Charlene Woelk 1 year ago (edited)

Any dress style boot that went up to the knee was a "hooker boot" I actually really liked the pair I had and wore them until they were destroyed. I used them riding horses. They had a zipper and lacing in the back so there wasn't any chafing on the inside. And minimal heel, about the same as a cowboy boot

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Josh Patterson 1 year ago

I just thought they were what every member of a bridal party was suppose to wear. Every gaggle of 20-somethings that land here in Charleston SC wear them for the 3 days they are in town.

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EJN 1 year ago

Looks like go-go boots from the 60s.

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Penny Brueggemann 1 year ago

CFMs to my crowd!

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Private Caller 1 year ago

Woooow you have 30 friends?

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Grant Barke 1 year ago

Those look uncomfortable if you ask me.

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material panda 1 year ago

beauty is pain

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Daria 1 year ago

The heel is a bit unpractical but overall these boots look wonderful ❤️️

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Sans Serif 1 year ago

That's a lot of heel - looks like it has a mind of it's own!

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Beachbum 1 year ago

I can see why they are thrown out.....

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Mam cymraeg 1 year ago

Mid read that thought you said fours had images of walking around with boots on hands too lol

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Jane W. 1 year ago

Do all your friends actually WANT such a boot?

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Kerry Ericksson 1 year ago

They don't look very pratical..

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G'ma B 1 year ago

WOW!

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Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago

Extraordinary 30 pairs of new unsold boots tossed in a bin?

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Annamarie Dodge 1 year ago

gogo boots

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Donna Reynolds 1 year ago

They’re made for walkin’

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Granny 1 year ago

lol definitely not for snowy weather

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MAKtheknife 1 year ago

I would call them uncomfortable boots, but glad you shared them with your friends.

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Rannveig Ess (don't / care) 1 year ago

Got a size 8.5 US or 42 UK? These would make me 6'2" but then I can pretend I'm scarier than I am :)

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Chonky Panda 1 year ago

This is straight up stealing though, even if it's trash, it's the store's trash.

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NotTodaySatan!! 1 year ago

If it is in the trash, it is perfectly legal to take it.

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Epona 1 year ago

Are you going to start a Mod girl vocal group? Cause these kind of look like Go Go boots, but with a taller shaft (that's what the leg part of boots is called, I'm not being dirty)

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Soleil Saltzman-Herbert 1 year ago

i have a pair like that, they're stunning red plaid, and i'm at least 6'5 in them <33

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Tuna Beach 1 year ago

Omg....white boot night out!!!

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Tyler 1 year ago

THIRTY PAIRS???

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Molly Goswick 1 year ago

i love these

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Mil 1 year ago

I'd have thought it was a lazy delivery guy, who found the store closed and just left them outside.

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Lil Potato 1 year ago

CUTE

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#36

And Again... Brand New

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#37

Approximately 650 Pounds Of Aluminum Cans Collected At A Music Festival

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#38

Was Told You Guys Might Enjoy This. Found About 20 Tablets In The Trash Today. Mostly Old Galaxy Note 10.1 From 2014 But I’ll Take It With A Big Smile

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#39

$700 Free Wine.... I Asked The Dumpster God If I Should Quit Drinking. This Is Her Answer.... I Guess That’s A No!

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#40

I Got All Deez 242 Bananas From A Dumpster. Banana For Scale

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#41

I’ve Died And Landed In Dumpster Nomad Heaven

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#42

This Is My Third Load Of This Size, And Much More Left

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#43

Todays Finds. I Still Don’t Know How I Found All Of This In The Same Dumpster

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#44

Found This Costume With An Extra Head That Snaps Onto The Other Head In A Dumpster

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#45

Anyone Know A Good Recipe That Uses Like 80 Red Onions And 60 Bananas?

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#46

Another $500+ Haul From My Favorite Dumpster. Haven't Purchased Groceries In Years!

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#47

The Second Day Of Christmas Did Not Disappoint!

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#48

Weather Finally Cooling But Grocery Store Waste Not So Much! ...favorite Asparagus Recipes?

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#49

Past 2-3 Weeks I’ve Found And Melted All Of This Aluminum Copper And Pewter. I Found 4 Cameras 3 Power Tools And 2 Bikes. For A Grand Total Of 340$ Not Including All The Metal In This Picture. Also Found A Few Computers And Laptops That I Will Be Scrapping Since They Do Not Work

Past 2-3 Weeks I’ve Found And Melted All Of This Aluminum Copper And Pewter. I Found 4 Cameras 3 Power Tools And 2 Bikes. For A Grand Total Of 340$ Not Including All The Metal In This Picture. Also Found A Few Computers And Laptops That I Will Be Scrapping Since They Do Not Work

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#50

Found This Guy In A Dumpster This Morning

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#51

I Found This $90 Dress In Perfect Condition In An Apartment Dumpster. It Has No Damage, Rips, Or Stains And Is In My Exact Size And One Of My Favorite Colors. The Dumpster Gods Smiled Upon Me Apparently. I Need An Occasion To Wear It To

I Found This $90 Dress In Perfect Condition In An Apartment Dumpster. It Has No Damage, Rips, Or Stains And Is In My Exact Size And One Of My Favorite Colors. The Dumpster Gods Smiled Upon Me Apparently. I Need An Occasion To Wear It To

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#52

Did I Really Find A $500 Almost Perfectly Functional Aluminum Bike In The Trash And Take It Home?! Yes I Did!

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#53

Coffee Grinder Over 100 Years Old Found In The Alley!

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#54

32 Ft Ocean Kayak Dad Scored At An Apartment Dumpster

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#55

Curb Find!! A Working E-Bike. Unbelievable

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#56

My Mom Found These In A Dumpster With The Receipt! Luckily, They’re My Size!

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#57

Tub, Surround, And Glass Door Were All Being Thrown Out At Blowe’s. No Leaks!!

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#58

Someone Asked What The Coolest Thing I've Ever Found Was: This Ancient Roman Ring In The Original Envelope With A Certificate Of Authenticity

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#59

It's Not Much, But It Was My First Dumpster Dive And It Was Exhilarating!

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#60

The Trash That Smiles Back!

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#61

Lawnmower Found On The Curb On Garbage Day, Didn't Run, Had Water In The Fuel Tank, Put In New Gas And A Newish Spark Plug And It Runs Fine. Sold For $250

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#62

This Is A First… $450 Bouquet Of Roses

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#63

There Was Twice This Much, But We Shared It Before We Got Home

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#64

I Found This Sealed Bottle Of Don Julio In Some Rich People Garbage. Also Got To Get Chased Off By Their Security

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#65

May I Present My Three Finds

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#66

Neighbor Threw This Out, New With Box And Charger. It Works Fine, He Used It Once

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#67

My Coworkers Are Gonna Be Happy Tomorrow

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#68

Here’s A Haul I Lucked Out On Last Week

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#69

There's A Dumpster In My Town That Regularly Blesses Me With Bicycles. This Was Today's Find

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#70

I Was Just At The Recycling Centre And A Bloke Was About To Put This In The Scrap Wood Skip!

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#71

Dumpster Diving Find. Sealed Bottle Of Vodka

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#72

Curbside Find

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#73

My Brother Found 3 Perfectly New Screens At Aldi

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#74

Curbside Find! This Couch Was Too Cool

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#75

Pretty Good Haul

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#76

My Best Haul Ever. Good Sized Xbox 360 Collection.

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#77

I Give To You, The Find Of A Lifetime. There Were A Bunch Of These Being Tossed, And I Had To Take One Because I Was Dying Laughing. How Does That Even Happen Lol

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#78

Idumpster

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#79

Found A Brand New Samsung Galaxy Note10+ And S10 In A Dumpster Last Night

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#80

Was 160 Chocolate Bars A Good Enough Valentines Day Present?

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#81

It Was Sitting In The Rain, But So Far So Good!

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#82

Tonight’s Haul!

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#83

Found This Mcm Coffee Table Next To The Trash Bin Today! Just Cleaned It Up And Sold It For $350

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#84

Well, I Guess This Is My Magnum Opus Of Dumpster Diving...

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#85

My Local Gamestop Can Be Pretty Nice…

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#86

Moving Out Of College. Someone Threw Out A Working TV. It's Just Missing A Remote.

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#87

My Greatest Trash Find Of All Time Someone Threw Out A Ball Gown

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#88

This Week's Haul! Second Raid Of The Garden Center And Huge Surprises From A Sports Clearance Store!

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#89

Well I'm Hooked... Went From How Am I Gonna Eat To What Do I Feel Like!

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#90

9 Total

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#91

Butter For The Year!

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#92

Found A Lifetime Supply Of Knives, Spoons, And Forks At Party City

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#93

Found These 2 Beauties On The Side Of The Road!

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#94

$695 Of Ground Beef

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#95

Yes There Is A Dumpster God. I Prayed, I Received!

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#96

Found In A Box Of Books By The Curb

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#97

Phone In A Bread Box? Had To Save It!

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#98

$300+ Retail Groceries: I Got Busted. Details I'm Comments.

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#99

Found A Ouija Board Next To A Trash Can Walking Home From Classes. The Cool Thing Is That It Is A Vintage 1960's One That Is In A Rare Larger Size. In Perfect Shape Other Than The Planchette Missing The Plastic Window

Found A Ouija Board Next To A Trash Can Walking Home From Classes. The Cool Thing Is That It Is A Vintage 1960's One That Is In A Rare Larger Size. In Perfect Shape Other Than The Planchette Missing The Plastic Window

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#100

Couldn't Believe This Thing Wasn't Broken!

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#101

I Found 16,000 Scratch Off Tickets From The Convenience Store, Where You Could Win Snacks And Stuff. Some Jackpots Evidently!

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#102

Found This Cool Little Dude Today. He's Probably 2" Tall

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#103

Pulled This Recliner Off The Curb And A 3ds Was Lodged In The Back.

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#104

Let’s Gooooooooo. Best Snag From The Bins So Far

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#105

Neighbor Graduated And Moved Out

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#106

Over $100 Worth Of Chocolate!

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#107

Found A Gorgeous Entertainment Center In My Building’s Trash—i Would’ve Paid Good Money For This!

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#108

New Mini Golf Course Threw Out Extra Grass So I Snagged It

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#109

Wtf… I Got Call From A Buddy Who Dives , She Said This Dumpster Had A Bunch Of Wine In It! She Wasn’t Lying, We Recovered Over 70 Bottles And A Couple Packs Of Hard Seltzer’s 😅

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#110

Went Dumpster Diving For The First Time! What A Steal!!

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#111

This Is The Kind Of Thing That’s Great To Find But Its Also Sickening (No Recalls And Not Expired Until February)

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#112

So Much Meat! This Haul Definitely Helped Us Stock Our Freezers. We Smell Test Every Meat And Repackage It Before Freezing. Everything Passed The Smell Test. Ground Beef, Steaks, Roasts! Along With A Lot Of Fresh Fruits And Veggies. The Amount Of Money We Save From Diving Is Absurd

So Much Meat! This Haul Definitely Helped Us Stock Our Freezers. We Smell Test Every Meat And Repackage It Before Freezing. Everything Passed The Smell Test. Ground Beef, Steaks, Roasts! Along With A Lot Of Fresh Fruits And Veggies. The Amount Of Money We Save From Diving Is Absurd

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#113

Kept All This From Going Into The Dumpster. Luckily I Didn’t Have To Dig It Out Lol

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#114

Found A Pair Of Balenciagas Sneakers While Dumpster Diving At My University’s Rich Kid Dorm, In My Size

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#115

I Saved This Store Mannequin Leg For Months To Bury It In My Neighbors Yard As An April Fools Joke. Worth It

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#116

Dinner Fit For A (Dumpster) King!

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#117

My Kid's First Night Diving With Me!

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#118

Found A 65" Tcl Roku TV In The Roll-Off In Front Of A Renovation At The Mall I Work At. It's Dirty But Works 100%

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#119

Had A Yard Sale With All The Things I Found Dumpster Diving

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#120

Just Found The Exact Desk I Wanted For My Art Studio In The Alley By The Dumpster!

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#121

Yea This Dumpster Diving Is For The Birds! Lol, Free Wine, Fruits And Veg At Aldi And Panera Ain’t Too Bad Either! They Are Next Door To Each Other For Convenience

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#122

Hole Foods Employee Took A Picture Of Me While I Was Pulling Out This Haul

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#123

Over 2,000 Pounds Of Fresh Pork Being Rejected By The Walmart Distribution Center Because The Sell By Dates Occur When Their Stores Are Closed For Thanksgiving. This Product Will Still Be Safe To Eat For The Next 15 Days But They Won't Even Attempt To Sell. This Will End Up In A Dumpster Today

Over 2,000 Pounds Of Fresh Pork Being Rejected By The Walmart Distribution Center Because The Sell By Dates Occur When Their Stores Are Closed For Thanksgiving. This Product Will Still Be Safe To Eat For The Next 15 Days But They Won't Even Attempt To Sell. This Will End Up In A Dumpster Today

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#124

Ha, I Can Afford Avocado Toast Now!

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#125

Saved From The Junk Yard. Zenith X940 Stereo Cabinet. Got For Free On Fb Marketplace And Refinished The Top. The Mechanics Still Work!

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#126

College Move Out Haul!

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#127

Found This In Someone's Trash Earlier This Year

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#128

Well I've Got Breakfast Covered For... 96 Days

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#129

Sweaters, Dresses, Shirts, Suit Jacket, And A New Backpack

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#130

Mom Found The Witch Books

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#131

Just Saved These 15 Fairly Modern Intel Nuc (Mini Computer) From The Dumpster

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#132

Found This In A Tote Full Of Barbie's Being Thrown Away

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#133

Found A Big Box Of These Tonight. Definitely The Coolest Find Of The Night

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#134

How Do I Store 60 Avocados?

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#135

Found This In My Local College Dumpster! Love The Industrial Look

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Ban-One 1 year ago

Shame one those folks dumping cats (and other animals). I guess it's too much work to give them somebody for adoption or to bring them to an animal shelter. Doesn't suprise me (anymore)...but still makes me sad.

56points

memyselfandI 1 year ago

I wonder how many dumpster cats are actually strays that were left somewhere else or never had a home and got into the dumpster in search of food. Still not good but at least they may have had a chance before.

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Russell Romick 1 year ago

I know, right?!?! They are perfectly edible.

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Karen Wenzel 1 year ago

That's how I got my first puppy. We used to have a local dump ground here with back when I was 18. My dad was the one that had to go out and burn it out fill it in and get the next area prepared. He took me and my mom out there one day and he's like you got to help me we found five baby male pit bulls. We got them all to the car and my dad's like I still hear one we walked around and I found , They had put her under a cardboard box put a wooden box on top of that and threw burning tires on top. All the boys got adopted and I kept tiny. She was my girl for so many years. I miss her so much.

2points

F. Jeske 1 year ago

I kind of have the same feeling for 2000 pounds of meat thrown die to an inconvenient Date... The animals had no idea they are killed and processed to end up as trash.

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Bananaramamama 1 year ago

While I agree 100% there are very limited resources for rehoming cats near me. Many individuals have lost jobs and homes and incomes and had to make very hard decisions about a pet vs people. No one takes on a pet and plans on having to choose between animal care or child care. I'm not saying it's right, but if it came down to it, you could be desperate too

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Tjock Javel 1 year ago

If abandoned anywhere else, People probably would just leave them behind. Or the Cats would rum away on their own. This way People will go out of their way and rescue the Cats.

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Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

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Juliet Ware 1 year ago

Wow what weird species we are. All this waste and people dying of hunger :-(

37points

MimSorensson 1 year ago

I’m not sure it’s the species as much as the absolutely twisted system, really.

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GenericPanda09 1 year ago

When I was 11 in early 80s there used to be a local factory that made accessories for the old ZX Spectrum computer (ram packs, kempston joysticks etc.) and they used to have a few skips out back where they'd throw the ones that failed QC. Me and my mates used to trawl through those on almost a nightly basis looking for ones that just needed a bit of soldering or wires taping up... we'd fix them up and sell them at school. Eventually my mum got called in to see the head teacher cause they thought me making money at that age was wrong and my mum pointed out that one of the main goals of school was to prepare kids for the job market when they left. I was banned from selling them at school but I just used to stand in front of the school gates after school and do the same thing. The profits went into buying me my own games and other computers, and eventually a ride on lawn mower for my next venture, cutting rich people's lawns.

28points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

See, now there's a kid showing good business sense!

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Reginald the spider crab 1 year ago

love how principals forget the purpose of a school

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Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

scoatland?

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Jessica Amber 1 year ago

What I learned from this- there are way too many truly deplorable people on this planet throwing away living creatures. Those humans need to be thrown away. Absolute trash.

12points

The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 1 year ago

I thought this was going to be a fun thread, but then I saw all the cats. :'-(

9points

howdylee 1 year ago

My husband was recently hired to help clear out a rental house after the last renters left. Was told he could keep whatever he wanted, pitch the rest. He brought home a brand new intsapot, an old iPad, 5 boxes of unexpired canned goods, and a Nintendo switch with games! How can people just leave this stuff behind?!

8points

Momica98 1 year ago

Don't listen to Dexter. My husband works for a rental property company. When they clear out a house, it's because the tenant skipped town to avoid rent, they got evicted, or they are in jail. The ones who skip town leave everything, including food in the fridge.

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VonBlade 1 year ago

I'm a cynical old git. A lot of these "hey I found two iphones and a macbook and a OLED TV and a Ferrari with a Rolex in the glovebox" ones.. colour me skeptical.

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Vincent Philippart 1 year ago

My brother works in the office of an informatic gear company. He's sometimes called to the warehouse to help when they need to throw out a lot of old things they no longer sell and the usual staff can't handle it all. They will throw hundreds of things in mint condition. Computer towers, screns, beamers, keyboards... Capitalism is absurd.

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VeryDarkMatter 1 year ago

It's terrible how many cats are found in dumpsters. It's even more horrible to think about how many cats are not found in time.. :(

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Richard Ross 1 year ago

Why are stores allowed to throw perfectly good stuff out. Donate it instead.

5points

Sasy 1 year ago

In fear of being sued, allergies, choking hazards. I used to work for a company that at the end of a day they would let shelters pick up left overs, then a few years later I went back to work for same company and we were no longer allowed to do that we could only throw it away in the bins.

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RedBadgerCan'tSwim 1 year ago

There are some companies that will not allow you to sell returned or "damaged" products. The store I worked at had to destroy a lot of stuff or we'd lose our contract with the manufacturer/distributor. I once had to spend 4 hours with a sledgehammer making sure brand new wood, pellet, and gas stove parts were unusable before I threw them in a dumpster.

1point

No One 1 year ago

It’s also an insurance move for them to “claims” it rather than sell it for a discount or donate it.

1point

Alison Lover 1 year ago

Absolutely infuriating that people are dumping LIVE animals. I hope they rot and burn in HELL where they belong.

4points

Thalia 13 1 year ago

I am a bit freaked out with what people feel is ok to throw away in the US... On the other hand, I live in Greece and kittens in the garbage happens almost every day. I guess the conclusion is that human race is not a kind one.

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Mary Jeffries 1 year ago

Where do people find dumpsters like this?

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Florence O'Grady 1 year ago

Don't know, but keep looking on the internet and you will find what you are searching for. Maybe put in your town/city/county/state and dumpster diving or a variation of the words together. Good luck hunting.

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in.love.with.taylor.swift 1 year ago

is dumpster diving illegal?

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cugel. 1 year ago

I'm guessing most of these dumpsters are on private property, so it probably is.

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Florence O'Grady 1 year ago

Not the question to ask. The question to ask is why not go dumpster diving and enjoy what some consider discards.

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Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

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Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago

New York has a law now that all excess food from grocery stores and food distributors must now be given to charities. California has a similar law in the works. https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/food-policy-snapshot-excess-food-law/

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Mainza Munsanje 1 year ago

As a Zambian, dumpster diving is risky, you might find your neighbor, at 03 AM, walking out of the TV you scored on your dive. We don't even pick money off the ground, the risk is too high, you'll wake up in the middle of Lake Tanganyika at 01 AM, lol! The point is, we don't dumpster dive, if a brand new iPhone 14, still boxed, has been thrown out, look, admire and walk past, it could be a trap. LOLZ!

1point

Fiddy E 1 year ago

This makes me want to start dumpster diving

1point

Tuna Beach 1 year ago

This is sadly depressing. Imagine how much waste isn't found...

1point

Bruce Nielsen 1 year ago

I found a full box of white wine once. Next few days were a bit of a blur

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Bruce Nielsen 1 year ago

BTW, that was 12 bottles

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Lori T Wisconsin 1 year ago

I totally approve of recycling and repurposing. And I hope people who dump animals rot in hell. But please beware if the surroundings while diving. I know people who got arrested diving behind restaurants. If you are caught trying to collect discarded food from the bins of stores or restaurants with a “No Trespassing” sign, you can be charged with trespassing and fined for violating the law! Watch for signs and be safe 😊

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Meh 1 year ago

In the uk things like that don't get thrown away. They get destroyed first so they can't be found and "re sold". I had a few conversations with managers in several shops I worked at as to why we couldn't donate instead of destroying clothes etc. apparently it was a head office rule

1point

PaxScientia 1 year ago

I was not expecting the first four examples to be living creatures. People are terrible.

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Jellicle bat 1 year ago

2,96% of these posts were animals

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Nicole Bowman 1 year ago

Sometimes that food that in the dumpster is there for good reason-spoiled, contaminated, returned (could've been left unrefrigerated for god only knows how long!) Just because it *looks* good, doesn't always mean it is. Just be careful!

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Paige 1 year ago

Cool to see some of my pictures in here!

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Ja R 1 year ago

be careful with food products theres many reasons foods trashed sel by dates, ref breakdown and if food hits certain temps law says it must be trashed not given away unless its caught in time. bugs and other contaminates. as well as fresh produce delivered but poor sales other items they go passed holiday or new items or packaging the store gets credit but there required to put it out in trash often employees cannot have them of course after work??/ and sometimes cleaners says clear this out or evictions or people just tired of things and they don't need or care about value . and then there's another thing crooked employees do they put things deliberately in trash to go later or have accomplish get it after store closes i also seen employees that are not too bright and in jobs like cleaning or shipping bosses things anyone can do but don't give good instructions and employee will not think .as for cats and dogs dumped in dumpsters i thing all decent people would tune them up

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Mark Buxbaum 1 year ago

I lived in an apartment complex, found a complete 4-piece set of dinner plates (4 dinner plates, 4 salad plates, 4 bowls) that besides being in perfect condition almost perfectly matched our current 4-piece sets! Now we have an 8-piece set! I also found a 3 foot tall plastic Casper ghost; I put white Christmas lights inside him and he lights up the walkway on Halloween night as a bright, friendly ghost! Kids love him!

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Jods 1 year ago

Two appalling things dumped in this post. First are all the cats. Second is all the food that gets dumped by stores because of best before dates. All supermarkets should be legally obliged to give the ‘waste’ food stuffs to food banks and homeless shelters. Both deplorable acts by human beings.

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Shellie Kirby 1 year ago

I live in America and the food waste is crazy at my job we have asked about donating to rescue mission or the like and they say they can't because of laws or maybe getting sued if one gets sick so we let hungry (don't wanna say homeless bc I don't know for a fact they are) folks come after we close and eat what we have left that's already cooked. I don't like throwing away the food but a lot of it still goes in trash. It's really insane if other countries can donate to shelters I don't understand why Americans can't get the same deal worked up. We are kinda lame for wasting all this useful stuff. It's not the person throwing it away fault one can only do what the upper management is telling them to do.

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Reginald the spider crab 1 year ago

this really just makes me realize dumpster diving is a good hobby,we need more people like this, just professional scavengers

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Caroline Sinclair 1 year ago

This makes me so angry. The waste, as well as the cats.

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Dizzie D 1 year ago

What's going on in America? You would be lucky to find a mouldy old sausage and a pair of ripped pants in U.K. dumpsters / skips.

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zena bena 1 year ago

I dont know where this people live where people waste so much stuff,obscene.

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KombatBunni 1 year ago

Yesterday I found a skateboard that someone was getting rid of! Trucks fine, wheels fine, new grip tape, and I was like no way am I leaving that out there! So it’s now mine and I’m going to clean it, repaint it and ride it! At age 48! 😁

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ViFi 1 year ago

I think i have found a new career!

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Kitten Dog Mom 1 year ago

I live in the wrong area...😦

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ZombieRedfox 1 year ago

Dang, I may need to start doing some diving myself. Especially with the Christmas season, there may be unknown treasures being thrown out wastefully!

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Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

What kind of idiot dives for food, then just to get a picture of it, throws it all on the floor---including the many, many frozen and refrigerated items!!!!?? MORON! It isn't impressive that you're causing the food to spoil just for your stupid picture!

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Samara Morgan 1 year ago

Use your brain, it doesn't hurt, taking a photo takes seconds. Then you can put your stuff in a freezer.

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Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

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Ban-One 1 year ago

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memyselfandI 1 year ago

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Russell Romick 1 year ago

I know, right?!?! They are perfectly edible.

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Karen Wenzel 1 year ago

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F. Jeske 1 year ago

I kind of have the same feeling for 2000 pounds of meat thrown die to an inconvenient Date... The animals had no idea they are killed and processed to end up as trash.

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Bananaramamama 1 year ago

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Tjock Javel 1 year ago

If abandoned anywhere else, People probably would just leave them behind. Or the Cats would rum away on their own. This way People will go out of their way and rescue the Cats.

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Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

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Juliet Ware 1 year ago

Wow what weird species we are. All this waste and people dying of hunger :-(

37points

MimSorensson 1 year ago

I’m not sure it’s the species as much as the absolutely twisted system, really.

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GenericPanda09 1 year ago

28points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

See, now there's a kid showing good business sense!

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Reginald the spider crab 1 year ago

love how principals forget the purpose of a school

2points

Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

scoatland?

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Jessica Amber 1 year ago

What I learned from this- there are way too many truly deplorable people on this planet throwing away living creatures. Those humans need to be thrown away. Absolute trash.

12points

The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 1 year ago

I thought this was going to be a fun thread, but then I saw all the cats. :'-(

9points

howdylee 1 year ago

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Momica98 1 year ago

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VonBlade 1 year ago

I'm a cynical old git. A lot of these "hey I found two iphones and a macbook and a OLED TV and a Ferrari with a Rolex in the glovebox" ones.. colour me skeptical.

7points

Vincent Philippart 1 year ago

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VeryDarkMatter 1 year ago

It's terrible how many cats are found in dumpsters. It's even more horrible to think about how many cats are not found in time.. :(

5points

Richard Ross 1 year ago

Why are stores allowed to throw perfectly good stuff out. Donate it instead.

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Sasy 1 year ago

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RedBadgerCan'tSwim 1 year ago

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No One 1 year ago

It’s also an insurance move for them to “claims” it rather than sell it for a discount or donate it.

1point

Alison Lover 1 year ago

Absolutely infuriating that people are dumping LIVE animals. I hope they rot and burn in HELL where they belong.

4points

Thalia 13 1 year ago

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Mary Jeffries 1 year ago

Where do people find dumpsters like this?

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Florence O'Grady 1 year ago

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in.love.with.taylor.swift 1 year ago

is dumpster diving illegal?

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cugel. 1 year ago

I'm guessing most of these dumpsters are on private property, so it probably is.

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Florence O'Grady 1 year ago

Not the question to ask. The question to ask is why not go dumpster diving and enjoy what some consider discards.

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Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

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Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago

2points

Mainza Munsanje 1 year ago

1point

Fiddy E 1 year ago

This makes me want to start dumpster diving

1point

Tuna Beach 1 year ago

This is sadly depressing. Imagine how much waste isn't found...

1point

Bruce Nielsen 1 year ago

I found a full box of white wine once. Next few days were a bit of a blur

1point

Bruce Nielsen 1 year ago

BTW, that was 12 bottles

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Lori T Wisconsin 1 year ago

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Meh 1 year ago

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PaxScientia 1 year ago

I was not expecting the first four examples to be living creatures. People are terrible.

1point

Jellicle bat 1 year ago

2,96% of these posts were animals

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Nicole Bowman 1 year ago

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Paige 1 year ago

Cool to see some of my pictures in here!

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Ja R 1 year ago

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Mark Buxbaum 1 year ago

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Jods 1 year ago

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Shellie Kirby 1 year ago

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Reginald the spider crab 1 year ago

this really just makes me realize dumpster diving is a good hobby,we need more people like this, just professional scavengers

0points

Caroline Sinclair 1 year ago

This makes me so angry. The waste, as well as the cats.

0points

Dizzie D 1 year ago

What's going on in America? You would be lucky to find a mouldy old sausage and a pair of ripped pants in U.K. dumpsters / skips.

0points

zena bena 1 year ago

I dont know where this people live where people waste so much stuff,obscene.

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KombatBunni 1 year ago

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ViFi 1 year ago

I think i have found a new career!

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Kitten Dog Mom 1 year ago

I live in the wrong area...😦

0points

ZombieRedfox 1 year ago

Dang, I may need to start doing some diving myself. Especially with the Christmas season, there may be unknown treasures being thrown out wastefully!

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Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

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Samara Morgan 1 year ago

Use your brain, it doesn't hurt, taking a photo takes seconds. Then you can put your stuff in a freezer.

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Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

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