West Hartford Animal Control came to the rescue of a family of dumpster-diving raccoons Tuesday. Animal control said the family of four got stuck in a restaurant dumpster while scavenging for leftovers. A delivery person noticed their plight and called for help. The raccoons were able to climb out when an officer placed a pallet…
We’re Investors, Not Management Gurus It looks like for the second post in a row, I’m going to have to invoke Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary with a reminder that we’re here to “make money” (imagine the “o” being drawn out slowly). We cannot make money on excellence unless the stock can be purchased at a price…
There is an old saying that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” That is certainly true in the intelligence world. For most people, the term “Dumpster Diving” may conjure up images of someone ransacking a trash bin, but in the operational secruity (OPSEC) arena, the expression carries an entirely different connotation. Our adversaries have…
Dumpster diving is something Sarah Byrd started doing over a year ago. “It was something my sister and I had discovered on YouTube,” she said. Her first time diving she found a straightener and a hair dryer with the cords cut. “All I had to do was repair the cords and they were perfectly fine,”…
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 doing…
Help Rename National Garbage Man Day and You Can WIN! National Garbage Man Day stands for more than simply thanking the individuals picking up curbside waste. We believe it is important to celebrate all the men and women who care for our environment and keep our communities clean and safe every day of the…
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…
AUSTIN: The saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” has been the mantra motivating Japanese artist Fuyuki Shimazu to go on a global dumpster diving adventure to prove the point. Shimazu, 30, a collector of cardboard, has travelled to 27 countries to pick up boxes destined to be discarded. From the refuse, he crafts wallets,…
I took them to the recycle center and got $172.56….