Dumpster Diving

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Dumpster Diving Anonymage 12/09/25 (Tue) 13:40:32 No.70176

Discussion about the lucrative, dangerous, and interesting hobby of Dumpster Diving.

High priority finds: Anything worth $$$, duh. Here's some examples:
-PC/Electronic equipment
-Sealed products, boardgames, clothing etc
-Food(sealed and safe)
-Anything you can use

Every day at my job I throw away several thousands of dollars of supermarket goods that are still good but we cannot legally sell them. Sometimes the seal is slightly broken and if anyone gets sick from that, that's a 6 or 7 digit number we get fined, so it's easier to avoid that altogether and claim insurances. Every single night people raid our dumpster. It makes sense.

I also used to use this method to survive decently while I was homeless.

Please post your thoughts and experiences

Anonymage 12/09/25 (Tue) 20:27:47 No.70177

were you a good dumpster diver? whats the most valuable thing you found there?

Anonymage 12/09/25 (Tue) 20:52:29 No.70178

>>70177
>whats the most valuable thing you found there?
My courage

Anonymage 12/09/25 (Tue) 22:06:48 No.70179

>>70178
do you have a place you can call home and a job nowdays?

Anonymage 12/10/25 (Wed) 10:00:30 No.70180

>>70176
gross
disease

Anonymage 12/31/25 (Wed) 19:02:01 No.70259

>>70177
I'm not that great, I am just a hobbyist. The best things I've found have been PC parts/games etc, nothing super crazy but can sell these things for a few bucks online. Whilst I was homeless I would appreciate the SEALED bakery goods, you don't really care if it's slightly stale when you're starving. Also found a lot of medication which wasn't being properly thrown away, I never touched it though seems like a terrible idea.

>>70179
I am now living in a better place.

>>70180
Utmost caution is advised.

Anonymage 12/31/25 (Wed) 23:18:30 No.70260

>>70259
where do you live now?

Anonymage 01/01/26 (Thu) 03:57:29 No.70261

so between locked dumpsters and people video taping their dumpsters, how do you attempt this? I suppose if you're homeless you no longer care about being arrested.

Anonymage 01/01/26 (Thu) 12:16:28 No.70263

>>70260
Just a regular flat, it's humble and does the job, close to work as well so it suits my lifestyle well.

>>70261
Just find the ones that are ideal. Never dealt with any police or guards so I'm not sure what would happen, I'd assume they would just move you along. Lots of places have dumpsters just behind the back and aren't locked or secured. I didn't ever break any locks or enter property I wasn't supposed to, I believe that's where the trouble can start

Anonymage 01/01/26 (Thu) 16:52:28 No.70265

>>70263
good, im glad you have a roof

Anonymage 01/01/26 (Thu) 20:43:58 No.70267

>>70261
Apartments if you need thrift shop grade stuff. Just take a quick peek and see if anything neat is on top - walk out of the complex on foot so people just assume you live there as you walk away and snagged a wicker chair or PC or whatever.

Anonymage 06/02/26 (Tue) 11:42:10 No.70642

>>70267
That's a good idea too. People throw out a lot of good things. Strip malls, or any retail area in general are gold mines. Grocery store chains are also great, they throw out baked good wrapped up and clean just because its beyond its date. For regular bread its great

Anonymage 06/03/26 (Wed) 03:42:48 No.70644

Absolutely gross. You aren't going to find anything worth your time unless you are homeless and starving. This activity is repulsive. This isn't a hobby.

Anonymage 06/03/26 (Wed) 03:55:18 No.70645

>>70644
Not Op but where I live they throw out CRT TV monitors and various furniture a lot. One time someone left behind a giant rear projection tv. Back when I was younger, about 15ish years ago, longer even, I got a dumpster dived Gamecube with games, including Metroid, RE, and Zelda. Is that gross?

>>70642
In today's times they pad lock dumpsters where I live. I am jealous of the OP. I had to get a job and now are a good goy.
>jewgle captcha on wizchan
…I wonder when that happened…when did I last post? Years…

Anonymage 06/03/26 (Wed) 04:53:59 No.70646

>>70644
I don't know about that. There are a lot of successful finds documented on Reddit.

Anonymage 06/03/26 (Wed) 11:32:33 No.70649

>>70646
1) Beings on Reddit are only going to post the 1/100 times they get lucky, and not the 99/100 times they find junk or outright nothing.
2) I wouldn't put it past some Redditors to fake finding something good in a dumpster for temporary internet fame.

Anonymage 06/04/26 (Thu) 14:04:19 No.70651

>>70644
Well you are supposed to do a quick visual first.. I mean I'm not digging into mushy compiles of old food and mystery sludge. When game stores were popular enough to have actual locations they would throw away so much gold.

>>70645
Nice finds man, I've been trying to get a nice CRT TV but they seem incredibly hard to find in my local area. Need one for my older games.

>>70645
I'm OP, I'm a good goy too with a job and paying rent and other bills. Most dumpsters are locked or soft locked, and I strictly do not break or bend any type of law. Only do green level ones. Btw the captcha is good for a month i believe

Anonymage 06/05/26 (Fri) 08:44:16 No.70659

>>70645
>Not Op but where I live they throw out CRT TV monitors and various furniture a lot. One time someone left behind a giant rear projection tv. Back when I was younger, about 15ish years ago, longer even, I got a dumpster dived Gamecube with games, including Metroid, RE, and Zelda. Is that gross?
I don't believe dumpster divers routinely make these finds.
But I think you know that already.