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What is Dumpster Dive 360?
We at Dumpster Dive 360 invite all dumpster diving enthusiasts to come to a fun and friendly website designed specifically for and by dumpster divers. Whether you have just started dumpster diving or you are a seasoned pro looking for a nice place to chat with other divers and show off your finds, we welcome everyone with open arms, a smile, and an invitation to stay as long as they (you) like.
While (you are) here, feel free to post pictures of your dumpster finds.
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The More the Merrier – Maximize You Route
You probably average a handful of really good finds at every dumpster you visit, maybe more. More dumpsters means more finds but it doesn’t have to mean more time. Plan Your Route If you want to maximize your dumpster diving time, plan your trip in advance. It may seem easier to just go for a drive […]
Think Outside the Bin: Diving In With An Open Mind
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” – Alan Alda Keeping an open mind about dumpster diving requires two rules. Think beyond what you are looking for and be open to what you might find. Think creatively about how an […]
8 Dumpster Diving Hot Spots You Don’t Want to Miss
You can find dumpsters just about anywhere and you never know what you might find. While you can certainly dig through dumpsters and trash bins anywhere, there are a few spots where quality finds are often more consistent. Here are eight hot spots you should consider the next time you head out to go dumpster […]
7 Tips to Decide if it’s Trash or Treasure
It’s easy to get caught up when you discover a great item, but what happens when you take it home? If it’s a duplicate item, takes up too much space, has little or no resale value and never gets used, it may not be treasure after all. Yes, it can be gratifying to liberate found […]
Malone started dumpster diving nine years ago, when he was working at a lower-level corporate security job.
Matt Malone doesn’t mind being called a professional dumpster diver. He tells me this a little after 2 am on the morning of July 7 as we cruise the trash receptacles behind the stores of a shopping center just off the Capital of Texas Highway in Austin. Given the image that conjures, though, it’s worth pointing […]
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How is this ok?
I go dumpster diving a few times a week, it’s so addictive and hard not to go every nightime and storage is running low. My favorite place to go is a local nonprofit thrift store, it’s honestly disgusting the amount of things this one place tosses. Hundreds of other people frequent this same place nightly […]
“As the saying goes, ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.’”
John Roos, a soil and crop science major and organic agriculture minor, searches for goodies in his neighborhood dumpster. According to Roos, in addition to using his findings for personal projects he also recycles and composts items that he finds. Late at night amidst the trash bags, pizza boxes and broken bottles, some people are […]
Rob Greenfield Dumpster Diving Professional
One dumpster in Nebraska had enough food to feed Rob for a few months or 50 families for the whole weekend. Rob ate 280 pounds of food from dumpsters on his 4,700 mile bike ride across the United States. Rob Greenfield has a simple idea… that people are good and the world is a good […]
I found Bags of Beer Cans in this Dumpster
I took them to the recycle center and got $172.56….
The Good Old Days of Doing Boxes… A.K.A Dumpster Diving
Back in the good old days of doing boxes you needed a few garages, a big truck or at the least, a van. Diving mostly took place behind warehouses that were located in places called industrial parks. These are pictures of some of my scores . This is the stuff legends are made of….ENJOY P.S […]