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…
When one thinks of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) things like Facebook, court records, and Google-fu typically come to mind. However, a skilled reconnoiter will also utilize the contents of your trash when looking for information. Fraudsters can use information found in a dumpster to find vendor lists, quotes, customer information, and other proprietary secrets of…
John Berry noticed the problem almost as soon as he moved into the University House apartments last August. His subscription to Playboy magazine was noticeably absent each month even though the bill managed to find its way to his mailbox. That told Berry one thing: The magazine’s publisher knew where he lived even as the…
Depending on which city you live in, you can practically furnish your entire home with things found on the curb. Obviously there’s a few hesitations when it comes to bed bugs and things like that, but for the most part Dumpster Diving is a fine art that is rarely appreciated or utilized to the extent…
Andrew Sauder recently drove to an ALDI grocery store 20 minutes from campus on a chilly Wednesday night. He parked his car with the trunk facing the dumpster and climbed into the trash where he began his search for free groceries. Student by day and dumpster diver by night, Sauder aids his weekly grocery supply…
“I got into dumpster diving when I was a kid, because we were poor, and it seemed like a good hobby,” said Mark Ryan, who is featured on the show. “I’ve found everything from extremely valuable paintings to old antique toys to more ‘useful’ things, like unopened packages of food. I think I’ll really have…
One day last summer, a Metropolitan Police strike force burst through a door in a downtown office building searching for money-launderers. What they found instead, in a vacant conference room, astounded them. Around a large table were comfortable chairs. Before each chair were documents – some wrinkled and coffee-stained, others looking fresh-off-the-printer. One chair faced…
It’s technically not #dumpsterdiving if you’re digging in a trash can full of paper @Claire_Kellett #busted
Call it a secret society. They move quickly, and quietly, diving into dumpsters, grabbing their treasures and taking off. The dumpster diver community in New Jersey has grown significantly over the past 10 years but it is still unknown to many. And that’s good, dumpster divers say. Too many people have caught on to the…
Egremont — If the Green Committee has one wish for the new year, it is that more people desist from “wishful recycling.” This term has entered the recycling trade to describe the practice of putting something into the recycling bin that we think, hope, assume or wish belonged there. What’s so wrong with putting an oily…