In this era of ever-rising prices and not enough disposable income to go around, finding a good deal is everything. While for many this means couponing and waiting on seasonal sales, for example, ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Turning trash into treasure -- some retailers have been estimated to throw away $50 billion worth of merchandise a year. One Texan is taking their waste to the bank, making big bucks ...

On social media, the scene plays out again and again: people plunging into dumpsters and finding discarded treasures like luxury purses, video games and brand-new makeup kits. In recent years, the ...

Dumpster divers find all kinds of things in the trash. From a full pallet of cold brew coffee to hundreds of metal tins for Yu-Gi-Oh cards, there’s no shortage of cool stuff buried in the heaps of ...

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When I saw my friend Jackie post about going dumpster diving, aka the practice of obtaining food from trash dumpsters, my first thought was: What new hell are we going through in this country where ...

Dumpster diving for groceries might sound unconventional, but as grocery prices change the way we shop, it can be a ...

Meet the woman who has not done a supermarket shop in four years — and gets all of her meals from the dumpster. Sofie Juel-Anderson, 30, started dumpster diving in October 2020 while living in Sydney, ...

Many in Boston dumpster dive during “Allston Christmas”, an informal sidewalk shopping holiday that occurs when people move in and out of apartments in the city on Sept. 1. In Massachusetts, there’s ...

When I saw my friend Jackie post about going dumpster diving, aka the practice of obtaining food from trash dumpsters, my first thought was: What new hell are we going through in this country where ...