Dumpster Diving: Fun with Garbage. Advice, information, and first-hand accounts about finding cool stuff in, or making cool stuff out of, trash.
408.5K members. The best post we have captured here reached 13.7K upvotes, which works out to 34 per 1,000 members.
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Was not expecting to find these 😢
What a waste glad I could save from landfill
To the grocery store employee who caught me dumpster diving for dinner tonight when you came out for your smoke break
$1-2k worth of craft beer, all canned in 2023 and 2024
Petsmart throwing away a FULL box of fish..
I work at a car wash and people throw away a lot or stuff while vacuuming. I always check balances on gift cards I find. This one has $100.
The power bestowed to me by the dumpster gods is too much to bear for one man alone
I find a lot of bowls in college move out trash but I thought this piece was pretty so I cleaned it. Was not expecting it to be this dirty. Or just n…
That day’s never going to come for me mate
Totally pristine box set just sitting in the recycling bin at my university. I’m amazed.
Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.
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